BLOCK PARTY BARBECUE

FOR COOKING THE BRISKET:
6 pounds beef brisket
1/4 cup liquid smoke
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon minced onion
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup water
FOR THE BARBECUE SAUCE:
1 (44 ounce) bottle Heinz Tomato Ketchup
1 cup reserved meat juices
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons prepared mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons celery salt
1 teaspoon minced onion
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
FOR SERVING:
36 hamburger or hard rolls

TO COOK THE BRISKET:
Place the beef and remaining ingredients for cooking the brisket in a large oven roaster.

Cover and bake in a 275 degree F oven until fork tender about 5 to 6 hours

Reserve 1 cup meat juices Chill meat for easier slicing. Remove excess fat from meat; slice thinly across the grain.

TO MAKE THE BARBECUE SAUCE:
In same roaster that the beef was cooked in, on top of range, mix the ingredients for the barbecue sauce together. Add sliced beef and mix well. Heat and serve.

TO SERVE:
Meat mixture will generously fill 36 hamburger or hard rolls. For easier eating slice rolls only part way through forming a pocket for the Block Party Barbecue.

TO MAKE AHEAD:
Meat and barbecue sauce mixture may be prepared ahead. Combine meat and sauce refrigerate or freeze Heat just before serving.

Grand Prize Winner, Judy Leth, Illinois

Makes 36 sandwiches
From: Recipelink.com
Source: Recipe pamphlet: Winners All! From the Heinz Best of Ketchup Recipe Contest, H.J. Heinz Co., 1986