- Mar 6, 2013
- 17
- 10
So I planned to smoke some ribs for dinner tonight and realized I have lots more room in the Masterbuilt gas smoker so I decided to pick up a corned beef brisket since they are on sale for St Paddy's day. I read enough here to know that I should plan on 8-10 hours for the 5 pound brisket. I soaked it overnight to remove some of the saltiness, rubbed her down at 6AM, planning to start her at about 10. She stalled at 144 for about 2.5 hours in no biggie, I was expecting that from what I learned here. I continued with the ribs, baby backs using meatheads Memphis dust at 225 using the 2-2-1 method and Eve's apple butter pig paint. Well, the ribs were awesome alongside Dutch's baked beans (Thank You Meathead and Dutch!!!) will post pics tomorrow as I took a bunch, but that dang thing stalled for a second time at about 158. I am now 11 hours in and still only reading 160!! I am using the maverick, have moved the probe several times and the temp remains constant. I am sure the thermometer is reading right just looking at the meat, last time I checked, when I pulled the ribs almost 3 hours ago, it was still wet looking, no bark or carmelization. Smoker has held a steady 120-130 the entire time, do I just keep waiting it out? I wanted to try no crutch but it looks like I may have to go there. Is 160 too early to wrap it?
