You should be fine Al. I do shoulder and briskets without problems.
I usually do not inject or wrap and have never gotten anyone sick. With injecting cure your just adding to that safety net.
When you get up in the morning just up the temp to your favorite setting 225-275 and finish up your usual way. Your will like the results and the bark!
Good luck and I am sure with your experience you will nail it.
Thank-you, that is the answer I was looking for!
Al
I haven’t done the extreme smoke for more than 2-3 hours before kicking it up to a higher temp.
Are you planning to up the temp in the morning?
Yes, depending on the IT and how it looks, I’m planning on finishing it at 225-250. Will probably wrap it around 165-170 if the bark looks like I like it & finish it in the oven.
Al
Al, Just curious if your brine has some cure#1 in it does it give the PP a hammy taste?
Chris
Just a bit Chris, it makes the PP just a bit different than anybody else’s than most of my guests have tasted. Not to hammy, because it was only in the brine overnight, just different in a good way.
Al
I be following this. I bought different pellets last time and hardly any smoke flavor. I need to suck them out of hopper or go back to tube until empty.
Brian, I’m in the same boat. I got 200# of RT pellets with my smoker. I don’t like them. I’m trying to get the hopper empty so I can use Lumberjack. I took half of the pellets out & put them in the other side & put LJ pellets in & there was a noticeable change in the smell of the smoke. So my plan is to go to LJ mesquite blend in one side & LJ charcoal hickory on the other. Then we will go from there
Al
Maybe I had this wrong, I thought for a whole muscle it was the outside surface that needed to be at 140°. More than likely I'm wrong, thanks.
No you are right. I am doing this for TG Day & some of the neighbors are coming over. I really don’t want to get someone sick with one of my experiments, hence the cure #1. Insurance!
Al
Mostly true, but Al is injecting the butt. So it's not technically a whole muscle meat.
Chris
True, but injecting it with cure, so it should be good.
Al
I thought he was injecting it because of the 140° in 4 hours rule.
Right, just to be safe, but I have been doing it this way for several years. Just not at 180 degrees. I always used my
WSM/Guru setup set to 200, for an over nighter.
Al
What ones did you get that are no good. Want to steer clear of those.
Unfortunately the only ones that I have used are Lumberjack, and RT. RT sucks & LJ is very good IMHO!
Al
He is, but since he's only smoking at 180 degrees he'll never reach 140* in 4 hours. Adding the cure to the injection helps add flavor and keeps him safe. Maybe I'm reading this wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.
Chris.
Al sorry about the highjack.
It’s all good Chris!
And you’re right I have been doing this for years, but at 200 in my
WSM/Guru setup. I was just wondering if anybody else had done this in a RT & was it worth the extra time. I’m still learning this smoker & am exited to get the flavor profile I am looking for, and you know I love to experiment with different stuff!
Al
