Cruisin right along!
Temps settled at 250-265ish. Close enough!
Temps settled at 250-265ish. Close enough!
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First Brisket Experiment!
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SmittyJonz
somebody shut me the fark up.
That'll Work but may be a 7-8 hr cook.
Well, like I said...
It was an experiment.
Good bark on the top, cooked fat side down.
Pulled at 195, wrapped and in the cooler for 2 hours.
Fat didn't break all the way down. Musta pulled it too soon.
Fat layer on the bottom was dried out/singed.
Bends ok, but takes a tug to pull apart. I'm guessing undercooked :doh:
Live and learn!
Total score: C- :wacko:
Happy? Meh, not totally awful. Enjoyed myself and learned alot!
Close, but not close enough.
I did chop some into squares and coated in rub. Back onto the smoker for an hour.
It was an experiment.
Good bark on the top, cooked fat side down.
Pulled at 195, wrapped and in the cooler for 2 hours.
Fat didn't break all the way down. Musta pulled it too soon.
Fat layer on the bottom was dried out/singed.
Bends ok, but takes a tug to pull apart. I'm guessing undercooked :doh:
Live and learn!
Total score: C- :wacko:
Happy? Meh, not totally awful. Enjoyed myself and learned alot!
Close, but not close enough.
I did chop some into squares and coated in rub. Back onto the smoker for an hour.
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Bludawg
somebody shut me the fark up.
Temp is a tool not an absolute trust the probe thickest part of the flat probe like Butter your good. I haven't taken internal temps in.... I don't remember. You where close may be another 45-1 hr
Overall, could've been worse. We still ate well!
Most of the family used Sweet Baby Rays. I was hoping to produce meat that would taste great alone.
Don't get me wrong, it's not bad...Just not what it could've been.
I could've stayed by the smoker and waited, but anyone who is married knows that pumpkins don't pick themselves! :tsk:
Any hint that I would stay home from the family outing would, er, well, end up with :blah: for days.
It's all good. Like I said, I'm learning alot!
Keep a look out for Smoker 2.0 :clap:
Accumulating parts as we speak!
Thanks for all the advice! Well worth the beers by my name! :thumb:
SmittyJonz
somebody shut me the fark up.
Put any left I pan with lil beef broth in oven at 250-275* for an hour or 2.
Diesel Dave
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Great job there.
Yup live and learn and Q some more.
:thumb: on the membership too
Yup live and learn and Q some more.
:thumb: on the membership too
SmittyJonz
somebody shut me the fark up.
I Love Sweet Baby Rays on Pork and Stubbs on Beef. I thin both just a Hair. :thumb:
daninnewjersey
Babbling Farker
It's all part of the process, man.....you did well for a first attempt....very well.
Appreciate the thumbs up after a deflating experience.
Wasn't crushed, but it's the first "bad" cook I've had on the cobbed cooker.
Plenty of learning left to do!
Thanks for the comments and support!
(...and the beer below my name is growing on me :grin
Go big or burn it!
This is probably the 8th or 9th cook on the cobbed cooker.
I don't even have the right pot for the 14.5 Joe, but we've learned alot!
I've learned I like this method of cooking! :biggrin1:
I've learned the wife prefers the taste of charcoal/lump food.
I still like the gas Char Broil searing steaks, but I'll learn :-D
All said and done, I'm not hungry. I learned smoking brisket is tricky.
Trickiest yet, out of 8 or 9 cooks.
I like a challenge!
Diesel Dave
Quintessential Chatty Farker
There's no such thing as a bad cook if you learned.
Brisket is a tricky meat to learn, it takes a bit of practice and patience.
Don't be deflated, it was go #1 and it was edible right? It was a success then, so feel good about that.
scp
is Blowin Smoke!
Sounds like it turned out decent and you learned from the cook.
Took me about 4-5 briskets before I got a real good one. I am still a rookie and use the Texas crutch(foil).
The biggest thing to learn is don't remove til it probes tender and cooler it for at least two hours.
Took me about 4-5 briskets before I got a real good one. I am still a rookie and use the Texas crutch(foil).
The biggest thing to learn is don't remove til it probes tender and cooler it for at least two hours.
