We have some friend coming in from out of town, so I decided to smoke a brisket, some Mac and cheese, and some chicken quarters. The wife went shopping, and instead of a whole packer, she came home with an 8.5 pound flat. I have 2 delemmas. First, I've never done just a flat, and I just got an MES40 to replace my old cheapo electric smoker, so I'm kind of on a learning curve.
After reading, and reading, and reading and...... It's the same old thing. cook it at 225, cook it at 275, inject it, never inject it. LOL. That's what makes it fun right?
So I'm m trying a combination of everything at this point.
I did inject it. (whoever came up with the idea of injecting it through the plastic is a freaking genius). Let it set for about a half hour while I went out and got the smoker ready. Foiled the drip pan, added my signature 16oz can of Busch Llight (into the pan. Not into me.....yet), and went back to the meat. I rubbed the fat cap with some Worcester sauce and flipped it. On the meat side, I stuck with rubbing it with mustard and covered it heavily with rub. Out to the MES. I decided to go to the middle ground with the temp, So I have it set for 250, and I'm hoping to be good in about 8-9 hours. We'll see. Here are some pics so far, obviously nothing you haven't seen before. (But it's the first time I remembered to take pics AND post)
After reading, and reading, and reading and...... It's the same old thing. cook it at 225, cook it at 275, inject it, never inject it. LOL. That's what makes it fun right?
So I'm m trying a combination of everything at this point.
I did inject it. (whoever came up with the idea of injecting it through the plastic is a freaking genius). Let it set for about a half hour while I went out and got the smoker ready. Foiled the drip pan, added my signature 16oz can of Busch Llight (into the pan. Not into me.....yet), and went back to the meat. I rubbed the fat cap with some Worcester sauce and flipped it. On the meat side, I stuck with rubbing it with mustard and covered it heavily with rub. Out to the MES. I decided to go to the middle ground with the temp, So I have it set for 250, and I'm hoping to be good in about 8-9 hours. We'll see. Here are some pics so far, obviously nothing you haven't seen before. (But it's the first time I remembered to take pics AND post)