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Brisket Redemption Smoke '07
Ok... Ok... I might have over reacted to the temp spike I had... It wasn't ruined after all... But if you had to literally saw through the last one I did you'd understand my paranoia. I know I maybe had cooked it too hot, but I think part of it may have been the meat too. -
Brisket Redemption Smoke '07
Got to love the smell of brisket in the morning... Sleepy yet satisfied. -
Brisket Redemption Smoke '07
3:50 am - Lightning waking me up just great. At least it is wrapped. 5:10 am - Now it is POURing out. 10% chance of precipitations my @#$. Temp was actually 192 and my alarm was set for 195, so I ran out grabbed it, threw it in my cooler and back to sleep. 8:10 am - I HAVE BEEN REDEEMED! Smoke... -
Brisket Redemption Smoke '07
2:08 am So sleepy... I found some rum down by my beer that went well with Coke. So far so good. Temperature holding around 235 and the meat seems to have hit a plateau at 165. I figure that was a sign to wrap it and go to bed. I put in too many wood chunks cuz it is still smoking away. I... -
Brisket Redemption Smoke '07
1:10 am - Probes don't really work for air temperature at all. It didn't work on the grill, it didn't work with a potato. P.O.S. That confirms that I was way to hot previously because my thermometer was saying at one time last week that the temp was 250, and it seems to be off by about 50... -
Brisket Redemption Smoke '07
12:30 - Meat emergency... I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN. Wind... COMPLETELY GONE. Temp = 275!!! I cleared out the heat shut up everything threw in some more hickory... Got it back down to 220... It's ruined! I know it! Well... It looks nice anyway. Internal temp is about 145. -
Brisket Redemption Smoke '07
Well... 11:30... put in more FIRE! Wind is making it hard for me to keep the temperature up. I'm trying to be somewhat conservative because I'm afraid wind will go away and my temp will skyrocket. Holding around 200... BUT we decided last time I cooked it too hot, and since I'm doing this... -
Brisket Redemption Smoke '07
8:30 pm - Kids to bed! Time to smoke! 9:00 pm - Everything is started coals in the firebox; getting hot! 9:15 pm - Meat was all rubbed up and ready to go... Tossed it on the grill and threw some Hickory mostly in the firebox. Little bit of mesquite too. Wind is picking up! I got a small... -
Brisket Redemption Smoke '07
Ok... All my thermometers should be here today. This last brisket has been bugging me all week and I think another one is going in tonight! I'm doing to document it really well this time! I'll lick this brisket yet! Oooh, maybe it will be ready in the morning and I can have some brisket & eggs! -
The skinny on bark? Soaking chunks?
Good post. I was just going to ask this question but here it is! My friend at work has a mesquite tree and just had it trimmed so I told him to drop off a bunch of the branches. It's 110 here... so I expect it to be ready, say, next week. I just didn't know if I should take the bark off...- mwc115
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- Forum: Woods for Smoking
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Thermometer Help after messing up brisket
OK! I'm all set. Got me a nice meat thermometer that also has an air temperature gauge on it. Also got a real oven thermometer to place inside the grill... AND I see that Old Smokey thermometer was sold at BBQ Galore so I think I'll install one of those. (The factory 1 never worked even... -
Thermometer Help after messing up brisket
Ooh, using a tader is a good idea... I think I probably broke mine because i laid it on the grate once, I'll have to go back an calibrate it. I might actually get a oven one too and put it inside. -
Thermometer Help after messing up brisket
Still thinking about my poor brisket from that other post. What kind of thermometers are you all using? I was originally using a wireless digital one with a probe to measure the air temp in the grill. Are they accurate if you leave them on the rack? I feel like I get odd readings from it... -
What did I do wrong to my Brisket.
Thanks for all the advice. I think my first one may have been a little bit smaller. What really threw me off is I feel like there is no way I had it hotter this time w/ the baffle than last time when I cooked it on the hot side by the firebox. I might have to have a brisket test day this... -
What did I do wrong to my Brisket.
Maybe it was the cut. I'm going to go by a really good temp gauge for air temps this week so I know for certain what the temp was. The one I have said it was about 220-230. I agree with you about the baffle which is what I can figure out. It definitely did add time because the first one I...
