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beaummiler

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Feb 7, 2013
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southern IL
I hope im putting this in a ok place. Here we go with the first major cook on my new smoker biggest thing until now was a 25lb turkey. I have 12.5lb brisket making some au jus with it a 8lb butt 2 whole chickens (not on smoker yet) might try smoking some mac n cheese and maybe some abts. I rubbed my brisket with pap onion garlic chipolte coarse pep kosher salt. Butt got same plus some brown sugar and a lot of herbs. Au jus onion carrots celery garlic mushrooms and a good dose if herbs as well. I put the meat on at 3am after it had been rubbed in fridge for 24hrs. Im cooking with oak and hickory today running my smoker at around 250deg.
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a few pics of what im workn with
 
I like the idea of putting all your veggies like that in your drip pan. I never remember to collect my drippings from brisket until it is too late.

Keep us posted on the brisket. It sounds like it'll turn out real good.

Also, I've never used oak before. Is it a bold smoke like hickory?
 
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this is my fist time maken au jus never had the room befor hope it turns out. I think the oak is a little lighter flavor than the hickory imo. I use a lot of fruit wood but i like something a little stronger for my brisket and i can go either way on a butt. Not sure why it wouldnt show the other pics. Will do my best to keep updates coming.
 
I see the pics now, I didn't see them when I made my comment. May have been my phone... it wasn't typing right and had to reboot it anyway.
 
Brisket at 159deg. My butt is 158 deg. Have to make up my mind if i am going to wrap or not. The smell is killing me.
 
Brisket is now at 192 butt at 184 i wrapped my butt at about 165 i got my chicken on now gonna let it ride until i pull the brisket then push my temp up to around 275 gonna work on the abts soon
 
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