Smoker went out during overnight brisket cook - HELP (in-laws in town 🤣 )

[Sir Smokes A Lot]

I had a brisket on my smoker for an overnight cook and my smoker cut off in the middle of the night due to a power flicker during a storm that popped up . Checked the pellet hopper when I got to the smoker and it was still 90% full. Fire pot had been cleaned right before the cook. Grease trap clear.

Read through a number of threads but wanted to get some specific help as my in-laws are in town. My father-in-law purchased the brisket so I'm hoping it can be saved AND not make them sick lol

Details:

• Brisket is prime
• 15lbs pre trim
• Had it sitting in Holy Cow Meat Church rub in the fridge for 24 hours
• went STRAIGHT from the fridge to the smoker at 7p with the smoker at 200 degrees
• Smoker went out at 403am so it was on for 9 hours at 200 degrees.
• I got to it in the morning at 7a with an internal temp of 114. So the smoker was off for 3 hours. Had a good bark on it already.
• Had the smoker fired back up and rolling at 200 by 715a
• Outside temp in Texas during the outage was in the 70s in my garage

Can I still continue to cook and serve/eat this? Any help is VERY VERY APPRECIATED!!!

 

[TNJAKE]

Yes you are good to go. Please don’t smoke and sleep without a way to alert you to an outage or a fire! Post up some pics of your brisket when done and stop by roll call to introduce yourself

 

[02ebz06]

I'd follow TNJAKE 's advice.
Should be good, and please get a remote thermometer that can monitor/alert the food and the grill.
They are life food savers.

 

[tbrtt1]

I agree you’re good. I use my trusty ole Maverick and use one probe for temp monitor with upper and lower limits set for just that reason. I do almost all my big meat smoking overnight.

 

[Winterrider]

I agree you’re good. I use my trusty ole Maverick and use one probe for temp monitor with upper and lower limits set for just that reason. I do almost all my big meat smoking overnight.

"So many " people have been trying to do this without alarms, not a good choice at all.

 

[JLeonard]

I agree with above! Look forward to seeing the finished product.

Jim

 

[chopsaw]

I can help you with who to serve first ,,,,

 

[tbrtt1]

"So many " people have been trying to do this without alarms, not a good choice at all.

Being both lazy on the weekends and riddled with ADD or ADHD or whatever the hell they call it now, I use a chamber monitor for most cooks, day or night, asleep or awake.

My chamber alarm once alerted me during an LSU football game. Good thing because when I watch dem Tigahs, the apocalypse could be occurring and I wouldn’t notice. I certainly would not be paying attention to my smoker during that time.

 

[Sir Smokes A Lot]

Yes you are good to go. Please don’t smoke and sleep without a way to alert you to an outage or a fire! Post up some pics of your brisket when done and stop by roll call to introduce yourself

Thank you for the quick response! Yup, going to scope a few out bc I dont want to waste meat (or burn down my house)

 

[Sir Smokes A Lot]

"So many " people have been trying to do this without alarms, not a good choice at all.

I know, not a good idea! Learning the lesson the easy way without losing a piece of meat. Very fortunate!

 

[Sir Smokes A Lot]

I agree you’re good. I use my trusty ole Maverick and use one probe for temp monitor with upper and lower limits set for just that reason. I do almost all my big meat smoking overnight.

Phew thank you!

 

[Sir Smokes A Lot]

I'd follow TNJAKE 's advice.
Should be good, and please get a remote thermometer that can monitor/alert the food and the grill.
They are life food savers.

Thank you thank you for the response!

 

[Sir Smokes A Lot]

Yes you are good to go. Please don’t smoke and sleep without a way to alert you to an outage or a fire! Post up some pics of your brisket when done and stop by roll call to introduce yourself

Will definitely follow up with pics when done!

 

[Sir Smokes A Lot]

Thank you everyone for the time and quick responses! Smoking Meat Forums to the rescue!

I will post a photo for all to see what your contributions have saved!

 

[SmokinEdge]

Thank you everyone for the time and quick responses! Smoking Meat Forums to the rescue!

I will post a photo for all to see what your contributions have saved!

You have gotten solid advice, but just remember that if you had injected that meat this would be a different conversation, that would increase the risk by a lot.