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  1. bellevueduck

    Brisket Questions (hopefully advanced)

    I have a Traeger silverton so the pellets are fed in and there's a burner is there. It's for taste only question. I do understand your comment about 4 hours of smoke could be enough... good comment. So I'll go to the local butcher to get some butcher paper or just stay with foil as the wrap...
  2. bellevueduck

    Brisket Questions (hopefully advanced)

    Hello All Am doing my first springtime brisket.. I believe I graduated from being a newbie and now moving on to questions I can't figure out. Doing a Point Cut Brisket for the Virginia/Oregon game.. Been on since 4:45AM. so going for 4+ hours so far. Did a blend of 25% mesquite/75% Apple...
  3. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    Almost all ready The corn beef is done and resting The pastrami is still steaming. Corn Beef taste is excellent, the cooking/simmering really took the salt out Pastrami taste is alittle salty... it needs 3+ more hours at 225 in oven to soften up, maybe the salt will come out a bit or the...
  4. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    It's all coming together nicely.... IT of the Corned Beef is 204 and I turned off the oven. IT of the pastrami on the grill is 145 and it's in the stall. I will remove this at 150 and do a 2 hour steam at 215 in the oven. Best news is I tasted them and if anything they are...
  5. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    I did have one more question that didn't get answered on my other post. Traeger has a smoke mode which is 180 or lower... Since the Pastrami cut is so thick is there any downside to putting up temp to 225? I see most of the recipes are at 225.
  6. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    Both corned beef and pastrami have been on smoker 2.5 hours... will take off the corned beef now. did a fry test....still salty......... so hope the simmer water will take some of the salt out. Also been doing some research and to cut the saltiness put in just alittle sugar and some cider...
  7. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef and Newbie Pastrami Day

    Yesterday spend more of the day with prep. Had a long discussion on this thread. I brined a brined corned beef and think I corrected the saltiness issue. made a newbie mistake that I won't repeat. Had help for the masters on this forum. Not it's time for smokin. doing corned beef with a 2...
  8. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    Follow up on the discussion yesterday. soaked the corned beef for 18 hours. Took out rinsed off again. they put on the pastrami rub and let them dry in fridge till 5:30am today. In the smoker for 2 hours on the corned beef and 6+ hours with the pastrami with a blend of mesquite and apple...
  9. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    Thanks Bear I just learned a ton about all this... Don't feel so bad I'm not gonna kill'em with the salt intake. Just got back from Safeway and looked at 4 different kinds of corned beef and the nutrition labels. they are in that range of 1160 and up.
  10. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    Chris OK, that's encouraging... After doing the cooking taste test the pieces are salty. So if I can get a little more of the salt out by soaking it in water this could work. I'll smoke it for 2 hours and then put it cook it at 300 in the oven in a Dutch Oven till fork tender which is 3 =/-...
  11. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    Just took your advice and fried up a piece... It's salty...however not inedible.. I will continue to soak and change out water for a few more hours and then smoke it later. The Traeger recipe calls for 2 hours of smoke and then finish off in a simmer. Can I break this up into 2 days... Do the...
  12. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    test fry as in "oil" to cook it fast? So I can do a taste test? I can do that.
  13. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    OK very good education thanks.. .So based on the 1160mg per 4 oz serving I'm giving all my guests high blood pressure... Glad St. Patty's Day only come around once a year... Does smoking draw any of the salt out? I looked through prob 10 recipes this AM and thought I saw some discussion on one...
  14. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    here's the full label with sodium content. 1160mg of sodium...sounds like quite a bit
  15. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    Good Question. I saw this when buying but have always bought the other corned beef with much more liquid... hard to believe 30% of the mass is a solution... It's compared to the other large packer briskets the bbq houses buy at cashncarry.
  16. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    This is a pic of the full packer brisket that was turned into corned beef. I could not tell the amount of brine so I made my own and used the Alton Brown recipe. On Monday it was not too salty and everything turned out great. I kept the corned beef in the brine until today. So since the...
  17. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    I have 24 hours to soak the corned beef so there will be a way... On Monday I used 5Lbs of the 16lb corned beef. It was soaking for a day. Turned out perfect with the smoke/simmer method.
  18. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    I'm brining corned beef yes. It was bought at cashncarry. Label said St. Helens corned beef but it was not in a brine. Had a spice pack in it.
  19. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    I'm thinking I better soak some salt out. I used the Alton Brown Corned Beef brine.. Only 1 cup of kosher salt in 3 quarts of water and spread that over 16lbs of corned beef in 3 containers. What is your process for soaking and how long? I've read soak in tub of cold water overnight. Will be...
  20. bellevueduck

    Corned Beef Brine Saltiness

    Bought a St Helens 16lb corned beef(not brisket) from SmartnFinal(cashncarry). Cut it up into 3 5ish lb sections. On Monday night cooked a traeger smoked corned beef(2hours) and then finished it off simmering(225 for 4 hours) in the oven.. Got a 5 Star Thumbs up for all taste testers... Had...
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