Hello all.
Sorry that this is my first post, but a situation has arisen and I'm not sure who else to ask.
This weekend I'm putting together a going-away-party for a friend of mine. He's a fan of 'critter' (i.e., just about any meat), especially critter cooked Texas BBQ style, so I offered to smoke him a beef shoulder clod. He jumped at the offer. On top of it, he has a cousin who is a butcher, and he offered to ask him (his cousin) to see if his cousin can procure the clod. Now, this will be the first time I've done a clod, and I don't have any butcher shop off the top of my head to procure one, so when my buddy said his cousin was a butcher, I was like "great."
So, my buddy's cousin dropped off the clod with my buddy today. My buddy calls me, and tells me he's going to drop it by my house tonight (I plan on beginning the smoke tomorrow evening). My buddy then says, "Oh, my cousin also dropped off a brisket. Wow... there's a lot of meat here!"
So, you're probably wondering what the issue is. Well, for starters, I was thinking the clod was more than enough to feed the guests (approx. 15), so if I cook up the brisket too, there's going to A LOT of leftovers. Second, I'm not sure if my smoker is big enough to handle both the clod and the brisket at the same time. I have an OK Joe's Longhorn... it might be able to get the job done. I haven't seen the pieces of meat yet (just that my buddy says "they're yuge"), but in the event I am unable to smoke them together, is there anything wrong with simply freezing the raw brisket? I've got a deep freezer, so that's not an issue. I just know that's a huge chunk-O-meat, and I'm not sure if freezing it would be the best idea. Granted, I freeze meat all the time, so I'm probably over-thinking this.
Thanks in advance.
Sorry that this is my first post, but a situation has arisen and I'm not sure who else to ask.
This weekend I'm putting together a going-away-party for a friend of mine. He's a fan of 'critter' (i.e., just about any meat), especially critter cooked Texas BBQ style, so I offered to smoke him a beef shoulder clod. He jumped at the offer. On top of it, he has a cousin who is a butcher, and he offered to ask him (his cousin) to see if his cousin can procure the clod. Now, this will be the first time I've done a clod, and I don't have any butcher shop off the top of my head to procure one, so when my buddy said his cousin was a butcher, I was like "great."
So, my buddy's cousin dropped off the clod with my buddy today. My buddy calls me, and tells me he's going to drop it by my house tonight (I plan on beginning the smoke tomorrow evening). My buddy then says, "Oh, my cousin also dropped off a brisket. Wow... there's a lot of meat here!"
So, you're probably wondering what the issue is. Well, for starters, I was thinking the clod was more than enough to feed the guests (approx. 15), so if I cook up the brisket too, there's going to A LOT of leftovers. Second, I'm not sure if my smoker is big enough to handle both the clod and the brisket at the same time. I have an OK Joe's Longhorn... it might be able to get the job done. I haven't seen the pieces of meat yet (just that my buddy says "they're yuge"), but in the event I am unable to smoke them together, is there anything wrong with simply freezing the raw brisket? I've got a deep freezer, so that's not an issue. I just know that's a huge chunk-O-meat, and I'm not sure if freezing it would be the best idea. Granted, I freeze meat all the time, so I'm probably over-thinking this.
Thanks in advance.