we started injecting our pork, and it seems to cook in half the time it used too. does that seem correct to anyone else?
quick question, pulled pork
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No, not really, but as long as you get it through the danger zone temps of 40-140* in 4 hours or less (for non-intact, punctured meat), your good to go.
Eric
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What are you injecting with? I have heard injecting Oil as in Italian Dressing can speed heat conduction through the meat. But as with any stall, adding more moisture usually slows things down because of Evaporative Cooling. Interesting. Have your cook temperatures changed as measured with a calibrated thermometer?...JJ
skull fish
Smoke Blower
Though not really experienced at injecting, and still practicing... I am not 100% that injecting will give better results vs. a well low & slow will give. Flavor delivery from injection is random vs, being fully penetrated through out the meat. Again experience will be able to give a better
answer than mine.
Often frustrated to see the injection fluid, squirting back out or most of it on the bottom of the roast pan,
answer than mine.
Often frustrated to see the injection fluid, squirting back out or most of it on the bottom of the roast pan,
sound1
Smoking Fanatic
No I have not. I would think added moisture should increase the stall. What temps are you running and really curious, how did it pull?
cooking 225-250, internal of 190, 1.5 hour rest, pulling fine. injection with a home made mix of apple juice, apple cider vinegar and our rub.
frosty
Master of the Pit
Is your injection at room temperature?
I agree, that it is a head scratcher. It seems counter intuitive that adding moisture would hasten the completion. Especially since the injection liquid contains no oil which would conduct heat.
I look forward to the experts telling us what is possibly happening. Otherwise, you have apparently created a smoking miracle.
I agree, that it is a head scratcher. It seems counter intuitive that adding moisture would hasten the completion. Especially since the injection liquid contains no oil which would conduct heat.
I look forward to the experts telling us what is possibly happening. Otherwise, you have apparently created a smoking miracle.
i cooked 3 this weekend for a neighbor, 2 were injected with room temp, one was injected with same but cooled in the fridge.
bruno994
Master of the Pit
I have found that injecting seems to lengthen (not by much, but a little) my cook times on brisket and butts. Although I typically don't inject.
I would speculate that this is just a coincidence, basing this on the thought that you have not changed any other aspects of your cook.
Most my butts/picnics are pretty much close to the same cooking times based on Pit temp.
However I had a picnic that seemed to defy my normal cook times, below is my last cook, based on 270° pit
- 9 hours 19 minutes cook time for the 9.16 pound picnic, That's approximately 1 hour per/lb.
- 7 hours for the 8.5 Pound Butt 49 minutes per/lb
- 9 hours 55 minutes for the 6.67 pound picnic. 89 minutes per/lb
#3 is way off my normal cook time based on temp.
It seems I may be getting larger fluctuations in cooking time running higher temps on the pit.
sound1
Smoking Fanatic
Sqwib, were those all done in the same session? All chunks of meat are different and seem to have individual personalities. I have had fliers like that all within the same batch and wonder if the temp probe might be in a chunk fat or whatever to cause it. Calibrated/checked the probes afterward...all good. Area 51??
Yes all were done at the same time, here's the post on that cook.
Yeah all cuts are different but you can usually get a roundabout average on your cooking times.
Ditto on the temp probe, I usually poke the hell out of it with the thermapen to make sure.
sound1
Smoking Fanatic
I would think that adding moisture might increase the amount of steam? But that would come later in the cooking process.
Keep us posted. I don't inject much except for adding flavor.
Good luck and good smoking.
Keep us posted. I don't inject much except for adding flavor.
Good luck and good smoking.
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