In southern US BBQ, Why are Briskets not cut to smoke the flat and point segments separately instead of as a whole brisket?

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In southern US BBQ, Why are Briskets not cut to smoke the flat and point segments separately instead of as a whole brisket?

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You can find them sold separately, I have a point end in my freezer currently. People will smoke a brisket whole to retain moisture or that’s just how they learned to do it. Plus it doesn’t require knife skills to cut them apart which can be tricky.

Where I’m at we end up separating them anyway and continuing to cook the point.