Recent content by andrewanderson

I wrapped because it because the bark was where I wanted it as well as to speed up that last part of the cook. Your assumption sounds spot on. On my next attempt I'm going to use beef broth and check/flip during the wrap.

I'm using a Traeger Ironwood 650. I smoked it fat side down at 200-225 until the bark was looking how I wanted it (about 165) then turned it up to 250 during the wrap for the most part. It was gaining slow at around hour 15 still at 180 or so, so I turned it up to 350 for an hour, then turned it...

Hey all, I smoked my first brisket yesterday and the bark was fine when the meat was registering about 162. I wrapped it up in foil and put a little apple juice in and got it up to temp (204) but when I took it out after it finished resting the bottom bark was almost all burned and stuck to...