Slicing a brisket

Slicing a brisket sounds easy but there is a certain way to do it. First off before you cook it, look at it because it's really easy to see the grains while it is raw. You want to slice a brisket across the grain. In other words, find the direction the grains are going and cut across them, as if you're cutting the grain in half. In most cases, you will start at the corner of the brisket to start slicing...kind of going diagonally across the meat. So while the meat is raw find the direction you're going to be cutting and go ahead and mark it. You can do this by simply slicing into it about half way, leaving a good enough mark where you can see it after the smoking process. Some cooks even take that corner out so they can see later the direction to start cutting.