Hey all, I'm new to smoking and the forum. I have a WSM 18 that I bought second hand. Today I smoked some wings and a small 3.6lb grass fed brisket I bought from a local butcher. I cleaned it up and it was looking good before going on. I used a 4 probe inkbird thermometer as well. Fired the WSM up with some oak and apple chunks of wood, under carbon del Sur lump charcoal.
Brisket went on at 11:45 am, the WSM was at 230°f. Throughout the cook, I went between 225 and 250. The brisket hit a stall at 147°f after 4 hours. I left it for another hour but the temp didn't change. I wanted to have it for dinner, so I decided to wrap in foil and let the WSM run hotter than before. For the next 2 hours it ran between 250 and 290°f. Once I hit an internal temp of 201°f, I pulled it off the smoker, put it on a plate (still wrapped in foil), and wrapped in a towel and put it in a cooler to rest for an hour.
Smoke flavor was good, and the smoke ring was nice. I wasn't overly impressed with the store bought rub I chose, and will def do a simpler homemade SPG rub next time. Unfortunately the biggest issues was, it wasn't as moist as I was hoping it would be. It didn't bend well, and it wasn't easy to pull by hand. Where do you think I went wrong? I want to try it again, but I definetly don't want to make the same mistakes twice.
Thanks
Brisket went on at 11:45 am, the WSM was at 230°f. Throughout the cook, I went between 225 and 250. The brisket hit a stall at 147°f after 4 hours. I left it for another hour but the temp didn't change. I wanted to have it for dinner, so I decided to wrap in foil and let the WSM run hotter than before. For the next 2 hours it ran between 250 and 290°f. Once I hit an internal temp of 201°f, I pulled it off the smoker, put it on a plate (still wrapped in foil), and wrapped in a towel and put it in a cooler to rest for an hour.
Smoke flavor was good, and the smoke ring was nice. I wasn't overly impressed with the store bought rub I chose, and will def do a simpler homemade SPG rub next time. Unfortunately the biggest issues was, it wasn't as moist as I was hoping it would be. It didn't bend well, and it wasn't easy to pull by hand. Where do you think I went wrong? I want to try it again, but I definetly don't want to make the same mistakes twice.
Thanks