Oven BBQ Beef Brisket is tender, juicy, and smokey. It’s just as fork-tender as meat made outside in a smoker.
If you’ve tried our recipe for Slow Cooker Beef Brisket, then you’ll love this oven version that comes out with juicy, melt-in-your-mouth meat. Just like Oven Baked BBQ Chicken, it’s an easy recipe that’s perfect for Family Dinners.
Sabrina’s Oven BBQ Beef Brisket Recipe
When you think of Texas BBQ, Beef Brisket is probably one of the first dishes that comes to mind. Of course, there are other classic dishes like Pulled Pork, but it’s tough to beat a Texas-style Smoked Brisket. This recipe is sure to become a go-to dish because it has all that smokey bbq flavor, but you can make the Beef Brisket right in your own oven.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 cup barbecue sauce
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 4 lbs trimmed beef brisket
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- Combine water, barbecue sauce, and soy sauce in a large mixing bowl.
- Place the brisket in a large baking dish, then pour the barbecue sauce mixture over the brisket.
- Cover the baking dish tightly with aluminum foil. Bake for 4 hours until meat is fork-tender.
- Serve thinly sliced, against the grain.
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About This Recipe
The total time to make this recipe is over 4 hours, but practically all of that is hands-off time while the meat cooks in the oven. In fact, all you really have to do is whisk together the BBQ sauce, pour it over the meat, and pop it in the oven. You’ll love how the rich aroma of BBQ fills your house while the BBQ Brisket cooks over the next few hours. By the time it’s done your mouth will be watering from the delicious smell alone.
Chef’s Note
If you’re worried cooking brisket in the oven will come out with dry, tough meat, that’s not at all the case with this recipe. While brisket meat can be tough if it’s not cooked properly, this oven recipe cooks the meat nice and slow so it has plenty of time to absorb the flavor and moisture of the BBQ sauce around it.
What to Pair With
For the perfect BBQ meal, serve your brisket with tasty sides like Southern Baked Beans, Popeyes Coleslaw (Copycat) and Corn Pudding. Don’t forget about dessert! Finish your meal off with some delicious Easy Peach Cobbler.
How to Store
- Serve: Don’t leave brisket at room temperature for more than 2 hours.
- Store: Once the brisket has cooled you can keep it in the fridge for 3-4 days. Tightly wrap the meat in plastic wrap, aluminum foil, or store it in an airtight container.
- Freeze: It can keep well in the freezer for up to 3 months. Let it thaw in the fridge overnight before reheating the brisket in the oven and serving.
Variations
- Sauce: To experiment with the flavor of the BBQ sauce you can try adding in a little Worcestershire sauce, mustard, and red wine vinegar.
- Sweet: For a bit of sweetness in the BBQ flavor mix in brown sugar, or maple syrup with the bbq sauce mixture. You can also use molasses for a deeper, sweeter sauce.
- Spicy: To add a bit of heat to the recipe try mixing in a few dashes of hot pepper sauce. Adjust how much spicy sauce you add according to your taste.
- Add-ins: There are plenty of other seasonings and mix-ins you can try in this Oven Brisket recipe. Try chopping up 2 yellow onions and sprinkling them around the brisket while baking. Some seasonings to add in are paprika, black pepper, cayenne pepper, chili powder, cumin, or cloves.
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Loved this recipe…thanks for the share Sabrina. This recipe is a keeper.
I followed the recipe exactly but the meat was all dried out at 4 hours. My best guess would be to cook at 275 for 3 hours.