Hi everyone, I smoked a couple of TT this weekend, I cut the fat cap off and used Jeff's original rub, added some salt since the rub is low on salt, set my offset smoker to 225-250 and expected to be done in a couple hours. For some reason I could not control my heat, it was 340 degrees near the firebox and 180 at the other end, I could not equalize the heat even with a water pan. I figured the middle of my smoker would prob be about 190-210, and since I had plenty of time, I decided to cook them at that temp. At 3 hours they were barely 140, pull them out and wrapped in aluminum for 20 minutes.
The result was disappointing , it was not tender, a little dry and lacked flavor. Only positive was the smoke rings.
Should I have injected with flavor? Or does cooking a TT at a lower temp and longer time makes it dry. What about the fat cap? On or off?
I cook TT all the time, fat cap on, over indirect heat in a gas grill with montereal steak rub for about an hour and a half, perfect every time.
Btw I use a cheap offset smoker which I have modified, i.e. oven bricks, heat deflector, silicone sealer, door sealer, water pan. I have cooked successfully a couple times before including 3 pork butts that came out amazing after 12 hours (one of them is on the avatar pic).
Any advice is greatly appreciated and am ready to keep trying till I get a perfect smoked TT on my cheap offset.
The result was disappointing , it was not tender, a little dry and lacked flavor. Only positive was the smoke rings.
Should I have injected with flavor? Or does cooking a TT at a lower temp and longer time makes it dry. What about the fat cap? On or off?
I cook TT all the time, fat cap on, over indirect heat in a gas grill with montereal steak rub for about an hour and a half, perfect every time.
Btw I use a cheap offset smoker which I have modified, i.e. oven bricks, heat deflector, silicone sealer, door sealer, water pan. I have cooked successfully a couple times before including 3 pork butts that came out amazing after 12 hours (one of them is on the avatar pic).
Any advice is greatly appreciated and am ready to keep trying till I get a perfect smoked TT on my cheap offset.
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