brisket safe to eat?

[theodopolis13]

i'm not new here, but have never posted before. i'll hit up roll call later on today. but right now i have a big question.

i have a vertical propane smoker & i am smoking a brisket for a friend's birthday party later today at 1pm. at midnight the meat was at 141F & the smoker was at 210F. well i dosed off & didn't check it again until 3am, when i found that i had ran out of propane. i thought i had enough to get thru 6am at least. maybe the 24 degree weather had something to do with it. anyway that doesn't matter now. the smoker was at 109F & the meat at 114F. so i put the brisket in the oven at 225F.

now here's my question: if i continue to cook it to 200F, will it be safe to eat? if the smoker was still at 109F in this weather, then it had run out of propane not long before i found it. i didn't tell anyone that i was bringing anything, so if it's a loss then it's not that big a deal (well except to me). any thoughts?

 

[fatcoyote]

Your brisket should be fine, however wrap it up tight in the oven at 225 and let it go until the internal temp is about 185-190. Then let it rest as usual and you should be good to go.

 

[jarjarchef]

Sounds like it was down for for about 30-45 min. You should be ok. Yes not perfect situation at least you were over 140 before it died.

I would have the oven at 300 to get it to 165 as quick as you can, then lower back to 225 to finish the cook....

 

[bruno994]

X2 on Jarjarchefs recommendations. 
 

 

[theodopolis13]

thanks for the quick replies. i can't believe i made a rookie mistake. i'll try to remember to take some pics when it's done. turns out the birthday boy is sick, so the party's off. a few of us may get together anyway since we've bought/prepared a lot of food.

 

[jarjarchef]

That sucks the party boy is sick. Hope he has a speedy recovery.....
Reschedule means another chance at brisket :biggrin:

 

[theodopolis13]

johns_brisket.jpg

• theodopolis13
• Jan 2, 2013

here's the finished brisket. the flat is on the left, & the point on the right was falling apart as i was slicing it. it came out good. the few of us that did get together enjoyed it.

 

[jarjarchef]

Good job.....