Beef brisket from the round, 60% meat /40% fat, trimmed to 80% meat/20% fat, net weight 5 pounds • ice cold red wine • prague nr 1 pink curing salt, equal to 0.25 % pink curing salt with 6.25% sodium nitrate, USDA recommended level • Himalayan sea salt • brown sugar • ground black pepper • whole elephant garlic bulb, 10 cloves, peeled and crushed • length hog or lamb casings, 38-42 mm diameter (syracuse casing company) • Charcoal chimney full of mesquite charcoal • Coffee can full of soaked walnut wood