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I'll keep this updated. I left fat side down even after foil. Hopefully will act as sort of a heat shield to meat and I'm not worried about the fat cap basting the brisket since its foiled.
Can anyone explain the basting theory? Doesn't seem to me like fat on the outside that just runs off the...
Wrapped at 153*. Added some of my injection mix in the foil. Brisket had an awesome bark. Don't think my temp ever got more than 240 while I was sleeping on the couch. Went and made an adjustment and hovered around 225 +/- 5 degrees until it was time to foil. Temperature recovery time was...
Picked up a 7.725lb choice brisket flat yesterday. Brisket is a little thinner in parts than I would have liked. Looks like brisket has a decent fat cap that kind of made it hard to tell in packaging how thick meat actually was.
Trying to go low and slow in my WSM. Just installed new Cajun...
My door is arriving tomorrow and Nomex is arriving sometime on Saturday. I think the Nomex (self-stick) has to cure for a day so might wait to put that on til after the weekend as I want to try my hand at another brisket on Sunday. Hopefully new door will be a big help for temp control.
Hi Ivanstein,
I was using water, but I was still having temps climb on me. My conclusion is that WSM stock is leaky as all heck. Door practically billows out smoke and see a lot of smoke from the top coming out. I placed order for stainless steel door from canjunbandit. Also ordered some Nomex...
It cooked for a little overs 6 hours. Unsure as to the grade of beef. What should I be looking for?
Yeah perhaps it was underdone. I should have put in oven another half hour when I found the good sliver of meat to see if it would have been better. Oh well. Live and learn. I think I will be...
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