Flying blind!

[Neil]

Doing it the old fashion way, no thermometers. Weather forecast was pretty iffy for overnight so I didn't want my Nu-Temps to be left out in the rain, afterall they aren't cake! (If you don't remember the early ''70's" you'll never get that comment)

Put the two flats (one brisket, one corn beef) on at midnight then went to bed. Woke up at 3:30, natures call mod, so I went out and added a log to the fire and back to bed. Woke up for good at 5:40 and added more wood. As soon as it get light I'll go out and check internal temps with a probe and drop a Nu-Temp probe down the chimney to monitor chamber temps for the remainder of the cook, weather permitting of course. But what the hey, maybe I should just continue to fly blind, I've forgotten what it was like to smoke without the Nu-Temps. A lot of great Q was made for many many years before those marvelous thermometers came along.

[willkat98]

Doing it the old fashion way, no thermometers. Weather forecast was pretty iffy for overnight so I didn't want my Nu-Temps to be left out in the rain, afterall they aren't cake! .

Ziplock Snack bags. Seal the bag all the way up to just the end leaving only enough room for the probes wire to come out.

Virtually water proof. Been doing that for years.

MAke sure you remove the bag when your done, so that condensation doesnt happen during heat and cool down (I leave mine under the grill, so it measures outside temps when not in use)

[Solidkick]

My last couple of cooks on the 'dera, I've just used the door thermometer (now that I have one I trust) and the turkey fryer thermometer in the stack to read my cooker temps.

Neil, I'm sure you did just fine........you've got enough cooking experiences behind you now that you know how things are running.... :lol:

[BrooklynQ]

I have to confess. I don't own a nutemp or anything remotely like it. I just go by feel and tenderness. Seems to work OK for me.

[Ron_L]

Doing it the old fashion way, no thermometers. Weather forecast was pretty iffy for overnight so I didn't want my Nu-Temps to be left out in the rain, afterall they aren't cake! (If you don't remember the early ''70's" you'll never get that comment)



McArthur Park Mod...

[Neil]

Right on Ron. Was that the dumbest song ever or what? As for the cook, brisket might have been my best ever and I will find out about the "pastrami" tonight. I put the corn beef in the fridge and will put it to the slicer this evening, wanted it to be cold so I could get super thin slices.

[jt]

Like Kick, I got a good door thermometer and I know where temps are throughout the smoker based on that. Probes are just for meat now.

[BBQchef33]

I just cover the nu-temps with a tupperware(upside down) container when it rains.

[kcquer]

Like Kick, I got a good door thermometer and I know where temps are throughout the smoker based on that. Probes are just for meat now.

Been singing that song for over a year now. It's good to hear other voices in the choir :wink: :D

Neil, I agree with Kick, experience was your eyes on the cook, I'm sure everything was great.

[Neil]

Brisket was best ever, I'll find out about the corn beef tonight when I put it to the slicer.

[Ron_L]

Right on Ron. Was that the dumbest song ever or what? As for the cook, brisket might have been my best ever and I will find out about the "pastrami" tonight. I put the corn beef in the fridge and will put it to the slicer this evening, wanted it to be cold so I could get super thin slices.

It is a stupid song... Actually, I first heard it as an instrumental by Maynard Ferguson (trumpet player) and liked it. Then I heard the original version and the words... :shock:

Congrats on the cook!