Trying again… brisket going in.

[SmokerNTraining]

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Close the door !!! Lol .

Yes you lose a lot of heat and the MES takes a while to recover.

Keith
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Lmao!

That’s what we said when I read the reply about checking it. We both said, won’t that let a lot of heat out and take like 40 min to fully recover? we just decided we’re gonna leave it til 175 then wrap it and put it in the oven to finish.

 

[chopsaw]

Yes you lose a lot of heat and the MES takes a while to recover.

Keith

Lmao!

That’s what we said when I read the reply about checking it. We both said, won’t that let a lot of heat out and take like 40 min to fully recover? we just decided we’re gonna leave it til 175 then wrap it and put it in the oven to finish.
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Good plan . Also your temp is good . If you need to bump it do 250 tops . I’m saying 250 without knowing if yours run hot or cold . I advise not to set it to 275 because you might run the risk of tripping the high limit switch . One reason I wanted to know what smoker you were using . That makes a difference in temps and other things .

 

[SmokerNTraining]

Lmao!

That’s what we said when I read the reply about checking it. We both said, won’t that let a lot of heat out and take like 40 min to fully recover? we just decided we’re gonna leave it til 175 then wrap it and put it in the oven to finish.

Good plan . Also your temp is good . If you need to bump it do 250 tops . I’m saying 250 without knowing if yours run hot or cold . I advise not to set it to 275 because you might run the risk of tripping the high limit switch . One reason I wanted to know what smoker you were using . That makes a difference in temps and other things .
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Yeah. When I first started I set it to 230 for 45 min prior to using and put oven thermometer in to check the temp. It showed like 225. Once the temp dropped to 38 in the early morning I bumped it up to 235 to help keep temp stable.

On a side note, this new bag of post oak (B&B) is the first time that a single sleeve of dry wood chips lasted hours! The Western brand I was adding chips like every 30-35 min.