As 4th of July approaches, one professor is sharing science-based tips on how to barbecue.
“The chemistry is interesting,” Gassensmith said. “It comes down to how well you can make those proteins in the muscle do what you want them to do, as opposed to what they would like to do.”
Gassensmith is so familiar with this process that he taught a UT Dallas honors class on it called The Science & History of BBQ. He pointed to brisket, which comes from the front of a cow’s chest, being the most challenging meat to barbecue because it contains heavily worked muscle that the cow uses to stand.
“Hardworking muscles tend to have a lot of collagen, which is important for holding muscles together while in use so they do not tear easily,” Gassensmith said. “Collagen is also what makes meat tough if it isn’t cooked right.” “Proteins slowly migrate from the muscle to the meat’s surface, then at high heat bind together with the rub onto the brisket, creating a tight matrix known as the bark,” Gassensmith said.“To get a smoky flavor, the smoke has to have something to sit on and bind tightly with,” he said. “Smoke, which is actually an aerosol of water and minuscule particles of roasted wood, prefers to sit on a wet surface.
Gassensmith shared some useful tips such as spraying brisket with water rather than oil, which poorly interacts with smoke.“There’s a very complicated circus of chemicals that you have to get just right to have the perfect brisket,” he“There is also the fat in the meat and myriad other factors that go into turning brisket into something amazing. The simplicity of brisket, being just a few ingredients, often fails to capture how complicated the resulting flavors are once it’s cooked.
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