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It's what this forum is about, people helping people.
and don't be so hard on yourself. Briskets aren't easy and if you were able to eat it, that's a success in my book!
Perhaps but I'm sure Brian's priority right now isn't re-establishing everyone's green tiles. And anyone can make a valuable contribution here, regardless of the number of green tiles or posts they have made here.
I'm sure the data transfer alone was a tremendous amount of work on Brian's...
Unfortunately this happens occasionally. I'm not an adminstrator, only Jeff and Dutch are, so they could speak on the specifics as to why it happens.
No major meltdowns on the way from what I can see.
Yes you should be. The meat shouldn't stay in the temperature range for much more then 4 hours. I'd especially worry with pork and poultry. Food borne bacteria thrive in that temperature range.
That is why people people smoke in the 225-250 temperature range as it allows the meat to get to 140...
Most smoker thermometers are inaccurate. The Camp Chef Smoke Vault seems to be the excpetion. Mine was accurate to within 2 degrees which is pretty good.
Best of luck to you. You sound like you have a good handle on this. You have a direction. The rest will just take time.
For life, just as in smoking, slow and steady wins the race.
There is no right or wrong. By applying the foil you are stopping the smoke from hitting the meat. If you like it smokier foil later and vice versa.
I like it smokey, I don't foil until it gets to 195 and I am ready to put it in the cooler.
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