Well, in the land of it never happened, Yesterday, the chuckies took forever to get to 200, a real stall this time. Did everything you said to do. Came out excellent, but my egg wash didn't turn it as brown as I thought it would. Got only one suggestion, perhaps as an addition to your instructions: Spray the foil before setting the meat log on the foil. It might not stick as much. I don't have much experience with pastry from scratch and baking so it was not an obvious thing to do. With just the two of us, there's enough for two dinner settings, in the land of never happened. Next time maybe. SWMBO said that this would really be great with turkey, chicken and on and on. And me with a new-to-me Tillia Vac Sealer.......