Slow-Cooker Corned Beef Recipe | Alton Brown

Ingredients

• 1 quart water
• 12 ounces kosher salt
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 4 teaspoons pink salt
• 1 teaspoon mustard seed
• 2 teaspoons whole black peppercorns
• 8 whole cloves
• 8 whole allspice berries
• 12 whole juniper berries
• 2 bay leaves, crumbled
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 3 pounds ice
• 1 (4- to 5-pound) beef brisket, trimmed
• 1 small onion, quartered
• 1 large carrot, coarsely chopped
• 1 stalk celery, coarsely chopped