I have never done these by 3-2-1. A piece of meat that big should go by internal temp. We have used the smoker, but found that a hot grill will do just as well. Again 140 to 145 degrees internal. Strange that you got toughness out of them.![]()
Now flash I tried to smoke theses things at the 3-2-1 method and they came out all tough and stuff. Then I tried it with a thermo meter and took them to 205° and they were nice and tender an juicy so thats why I stuck to this method.