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Picked up a few fillets from the grocery store, trimmed the skin, rinsed, patted dry and laid down in a dry cure of 2C brown sugar, 1/2C salt, 1T cracked pepper overnight for about 18Hrs. Rookie mistake was cutting them into serving sizes BEFORE the cure. Turned out way too salty. Second rookie...
Dang, that must have been why it was so uneven. I got it backwards! I pulled the whole thing off at 193' on the point and put it in the pan. The bill was for scale.
Then I tented it, but only for about 20 minutes. I would have done more but I'm in a hurry.
I put a food glove over the...
It's 5:15pm in Boston and I'm looking at an IT of 185 now on the point, but the therm I've got in the flat is only 167.
She looks good though. I'm going to pull it off when the point is 190' (or should I wait until the flat is 190? It's only 167 now!) I'm afraid given the big range between...
Hey thanks for the two cents - I'll take it and more! I've heard that the pan is more for a heat sink than moisture introduction but I'm still figuring my rig out. I've never used sand but then I've only done maybe 5-6 smokes in my MES thus far. I've got a tin drip pan underneath (looking to...
Oh, thanks man! It's 4:30pm here in Boston (12 hours since it went on, minus power outage time) and I'm at 178 IT. Box temp is 244. For an 8 pounder this is going to be a long smoke/cook. And I didn't put any water in the pan. Never done a packer in the MES yet so if it turns out crazy dry I...
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