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  2. pianov

    Brisket First-Timer - A Few Questions

    Thanks for all the informative help. I feel like I kinda-sorta know what I am doing now.....  :-)
  3. pianov

    Brisket First-Timer - A Few Questions

    Excellent! Thanks for the great explanation of Point and Flat parts of the brisket. I know that just because Costco doesn't have the Point of a brisket, that other source don't. Is it common that most any good butcher shop would have both cuts of brisket? Or perhaps it is just hit or miss - some...
  4. pianov

    Brisket First-Timer - A Few Questions

    Browneyesvictim wrote: "There are basically 2 parts to a whole  brisket that makes up the brisket- the Point and the Flat. You have a Flat only." ​Is either the Point or the Flat regarded as being superior to the other?  Should the "Flat" be expected to have good yummy potential?
  5. pianov

    Brisket First-Timer - A Few Questions

    Browneyes:  Thanks for the compliment on my smoker and all the info. One last question about the cut of meat. You mentioned that my cook time for a "full packer" was about right. What is a full packer? Below is a picture of what is available at my local Costco. I'm thinking that this is more...
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  8. pianov

    Brisket First-Timer - A Few Questions

    I've smoked gobs and gobs of ribs, butts, turkeys, etc. over the past 20 years, but never a beef brisket. I'm planning on brisket for my birthday dinner this Sunday. My smoker is an offset masonry stick burner that works very well. Cook time - From reading other posts and recipes, it seems to...
  9. pianov

    Baked Beans - Mushy Beans

    Okay, great, thanks! Cool water (well, Florida-cool - about 70 degrees) - but just as I had every time before.....
  10. pianov

    Baked Beans - Mushy Beans

    Okay, great, thanks!
  11. pianov

    Baked Beans - Mushy Beans

    Dried beans, soaked overnight in room temp water.
  12. pianov

    Baked Beans - Mushy Beans

    I made baked beans last weekend to compliment the wonderful baby back ribs I smoked. I have made the same baked bean recipe numerous time before with excellent results. This time however, the beans were very mushy - making for something resembling a paste rather than actual beans. I've always...
  13. pianov

    Temperature Zones in Cooking Chamber

    I have a masonry offset smoker where the cooking chamber is about 24" long, 18" wide and 36" tall. My main grate where I put most food is at the half-way point height-wise. I'm smoking several slabs of pork ribs today. As usual, the temperature just below the meat is about 40 degrees warmer than...
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  15. pianov

    Super Fire Door Gasket!

    Put a new door on my 20 year old brick smoker a year or two ago and used a round gasket that was glued in place. It finally fell off recently. Wanted something better. So I bought an ultra-high temp flanged gasket from McMaster Carr (Ultra High-Temperature Flange-Mount Rope Edge Seal, 1-1/2"...
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