Newbie here on the fence

[Jackson 64]

Happy Super Bowl Sunday, folks. Hate for this to be my first post but it is what it is.

Doing my first brisket today and I’m worried about safety.

I started the cook last night on my Weber Smokey Mountain at 9:00 pm. At about midnight, smoker temp was at 240 and internal temp at 145. Coals looked good and I went to bed. Woke up this morning at 6:30 to a smoker temp of about 100 and coals almost all gone. I quickly fired it up again and flipped the brisket over. Reinserted the probes and got readings of 127 and 137 internally. Also, water pan was dry, outside temps in the low 40’s.

Smoker was back up to 250-275 within 30 minutes and internal temps jumped to 180 within an hour.

I don’t mind risking it myself but certainly don’t want to make a couple buddies sick. Thoughts?

edit: just noticed I probably posted this in the wrong place.

 

[saltysandman]

you're probably 99.9% ok. safe food temp per the FDA for beef is 145. environment inside the smoke is certainly not hospitable for anything living. there have been some of us that have mismanaged our temps/had power outages/drank too much and fell asleep while smoking and had just fine results. if it were my brisket, i would serve it with a side of green beans and if someone got ill, i'd blame the green beans.

 

[Jackson 64]

you're probably 99.9% ok. safe food temp per the FDA for beef is 145. environment inside the smoke is certainly not hospitable for anything living. there have been some of us that have mismanaged our temps/had power outages/drank too much and fell asleep while smoking and had just fine results. if it were my brisket, i would serve it with a side of green beans and if someone got ill, i'd blame the green beans.

Thanks, Sandman. Great idea on the beans! Cheers.

 

[chef jimmyj]

Welcome...Roll Call is for Your Introduction. Any questions should be Posted in the appropriate forum, as I see you have already done. No biggie, just passing the info on...JJ

 

[gary s]

Welcome and Howdy from East Texas, great forum and great people.

Gary