I'm glad the site is back up and running in time for me to report a new adventure.
Pics first and then the story :)
I feel I have gotten my brisket stills to the point to give a prime brisket a shot and Costco had prime briskets for $2.79 a pound which is the best price I have ever seen them have so I bit on a 14.43 pound whole packer.
The last time I used my smoker the roll out limit switch flipped a couple of times but once I lowered the set temp it held with no issue so I thought the issue was just airflow and meat position and thought nothing more of it... well I was wrong!
So about an hour into the smoke (11:30pm at night) of this prime brisket the rollout limit switch flipped. I reset (it has a manual reset) and continued. Well as it was heating up a freak 45 sec power outage occurred for my entire apartment. As I was walking to check the breaker box all the power came back on so it was just a perfectly timed odd coincidence. So things kicked back on and continue running and then again the rollout limit switch flipped. This time at a much lower temp than before so I knew there was an issue.
I checked the rollout limit switch and sure enough one of the tabs on the switch was wiggly and causing the plastic on the rollout limit switch to begin melting!!!
I then had to pull the AMNPS, pull the brisket and set inside :(
Luckily the smoker quickly cooled down with the door open and I was able to switch out the rollout limit switch with an extra (bought a pack of 4 originally) in about 15 minutes. When I rewired my MES40 I built/cut/installed a panel to get to the rollout limit switch without needing to pull the entire back off the MES40 :cool:. I was working as fast as humanly possible to repair things so quickly.
I finished the repair, put the brisket back in, and put the AMNPS back in my mailbox mod. I crossed my fingers and flipped the on switch and everything was back up and running like a champ!!!
The brisket came out amazing! I think I have my brisket making skills down. I just need to get more consistent with trimming but that will improve as I do more briskets. No two are alike so some will be trimmed better than others and I DEFINITELY need to sharpen my kitchen knives lol
So I guess the the moral of the story is to be prepared, don't panic, and don't let anything get you down or you will be telling the story of the Prime Brisket that Wasn't versus the Prime Brisket that ALMOST Wasn't :D
Pics first and then the story :)
I feel I have gotten my brisket stills to the point to give a prime brisket a shot and Costco had prime briskets for $2.79 a pound which is the best price I have ever seen them have so I bit on a 14.43 pound whole packer.
The last time I used my smoker the roll out limit switch flipped a couple of times but once I lowered the set temp it held with no issue so I thought the issue was just airflow and meat position and thought nothing more of it... well I was wrong!
So about an hour into the smoke (11:30pm at night) of this prime brisket the rollout limit switch flipped. I reset (it has a manual reset) and continued. Well as it was heating up a freak 45 sec power outage occurred for my entire apartment. As I was walking to check the breaker box all the power came back on so it was just a perfectly timed odd coincidence. So things kicked back on and continue running and then again the rollout limit switch flipped. This time at a much lower temp than before so I knew there was an issue.
I checked the rollout limit switch and sure enough one of the tabs on the switch was wiggly and causing the plastic on the rollout limit switch to begin melting!!!
I then had to pull the AMNPS, pull the brisket and set inside :(
Luckily the smoker quickly cooled down with the door open and I was able to switch out the rollout limit switch with an extra (bought a pack of 4 originally) in about 15 minutes. When I rewired my MES40 I built/cut/installed a panel to get to the rollout limit switch without needing to pull the entire back off the MES40 :cool:. I was working as fast as humanly possible to repair things so quickly.
I finished the repair, put the brisket back in, and put the AMNPS back in my mailbox mod. I crossed my fingers and flipped the on switch and everything was back up and running like a champ!!!
The brisket came out amazing! I think I have my brisket making skills down. I just need to get more consistent with trimming but that will improve as I do more briskets. No two are alike so some will be trimmed better than others and I DEFINITELY need to sharpen my kitchen knives lol
So I guess the the moral of the story is to be prepared, don't panic, and don't let anything get you down or you will be telling the story of the Prime Brisket that Wasn't versus the Prime Brisket that ALMOST Wasn't :D
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