Should you cut brisket before refrigerating?

Chef's answer
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service requires all cooked foods to be packaged for refrigeration within two hours of cooking, and preferably as soon as they're cool enough to be handled. A whole brisket is a large cut, so for rapid cooling cut it into sections with a sharp knife..
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