Pastrami so moist I just might die......

martyleach · 03-20-2011, 12:09 AM

Oh, I love Pastrami but have never made it myself. So, my wife got a Corned Beef and wanted to boil it in the juice in the bag. I said wait a minute, I am trying to watch my sodium intake so how about I take care of this one....
So, I soaked it in a big pan of water with a chopped up potato and I changed the water every 12 hours for 2 days. Then I cleaned the beef up by taking the fat off one side. For a rub, I used Thirdeye's suggestion from his website.
Then I put it on my egg at 240 until it hit 165 internal (which was about 4 hours), then I foiled it in an airtight (see picture) double wrapped sealing for another 4 hours. Then one hour in an ice chest still wrapped in the foil sitting next to a pot of water that had just been boiling.

Here's the result and I thought it was Farking awesome.

The first you see is the foiled corned beef after 3 hours. I make a real tight seal to keep in the 1/4 cup of beef broth.

The next pic you will see the nice pepper rub. I used quite a bit more ground pepper than recommended by Thirdeye.

And here is the sliced up Pastrami just falling apart delicious! Dang, I can't wait to have a Rueben tomorrow!

Thanks for looking!!

deepsouth · 03-20-2011, 12:13 AM

thanks for posting. looks amazing and i'm starving. could use a sandwich right now!!!

and my butts won't probably be ready until lunch or later tomorrow.

OakPit · 03-20-2011, 12:14 AM

Holy Cow...Marty that looks great!

huminie · 03-20-2011, 12:30 AM

Looks like you nailed it! Great job buddy!

Drew · 03-20-2011, 12:35 AM

That looks great!

speedrcer1 · 03-20-2011, 12:38 AM

THANK YOU!
I'd say that is dinner tomorrow, but I have heard about the 2 day water soak before.
So I will scoff up some post St. Pats Corned beef and start this process.

Groundhog66 · 03-20-2011, 12:58 AM

Nicely done, that looks absolutely delicious.

R2Egg2Q · 03-20-2011, 01:08 AM

Marty dropped off a sample of his pastrami and it was delicious! I can confirm that he nailed it!

Thanks Marty!

gtr · 03-20-2011, 01:59 AM

Dang! That looks fantastic

You've been putting up some great pron sir! That meat looks like it doesn't need a whole lot of help if any at all.

TIMMAY · 03-20-2011, 02:05 AM

I bet those reuben sammiches will be amazing. Imagine if it were on homemade rye!!

Big Frank · 03-20-2011, 07:59 AM

Great job.

chambersuac · 03-20-2011, 08:01 AM

amazing

Phubar · 03-20-2011, 08:03 AM

Looking Phantastic Marty!

Mister Bob · 03-20-2011, 08:09 AM

That looks great!

LMAJ · 03-20-2011, 08:09 AM

Looks great - my mouth is watering...

03-20-2011, 12:09 AM	#1
martyleach Babbling Farker Join Date: 12-17-10 Location: Pleasanton, Ca Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Pastrami so moist I just might die...... Oh, I love Pastrami but have never made it myself. So, my wife got a Corned Beef and wanted to boil it in the juice in the bag. I said wait a minute, I am trying to watch my sodium intake so how about I take care of this one.... So, I soaked it in a big pan of water with a chopped up potato and I changed the water every 12 hours for 2 days. Then I cleaned the beef up by taking the fat off one side. For a rub, I used Thirdeye's suggestion from his website. Then I put it on my egg at 240 until it hit 165 internal (which was about 4 hours), then I foiled it in an airtight (see picture) double wrapped sealing for another 4 hours. Then one hour in an ice chest still wrapped in the foil sitting next to a pot of water that had just been boiling. Here's the result and I thought it was Farking awesome. The first you see is the foiled corned beef after 3 hours. I make a real tight seal to keep in the 1/4 cup of beef broth. The next pic you will see the nice pepper rub. I used quite a bit more ground pepper than recommended by Thirdeye. And here is the sliced up Pastrami just falling apart delicious! Dang, I can't wait to have a Rueben tomorrow! Thanks for looking!! __________________ Large Big Green Egg, Cold smokehouse, UDS with hinged lid, Santa Maria pit 26.75" Weber OTG, Weber Performer, WGA MAK One Star General Pellet Pooper Hasty Bake Gourmet Custom wooden handles for BBQ's made by Marty Leach (oh, that's me) www.amlwoodart.com

03-20-2011, 12:13 AM	#2
deepsouth Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 04-21-10 Location: Biloxi, MS Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	thanks for posting. looks amazing and i'm starving. could use a sandwich right now!!! and my butts won't probably be ready until lunch or later tomorrow. __________________ Large BGE, Small BGE, Mini BGE, Weber 22.5 OTG, yellow thermapen

03-20-2011, 12:14 AM	#3
OakPit is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 03-17-09 Location: Livermore, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Holy Cow...Marty that looks great! __________________ -Tim Traditional Santa Maria Pit Mini, Small, Medium & Large BGE Weber 22" OTS & 26" OTG & 18"WSM & WGA Each wearing custom handles from Marty Leach

03-20-2011, 12:30 AM	#4
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03-20-2011, 12:35 AM	#5
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03-20-2011, 12:38 AM	#6
speedrcer1 is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 01-02-10 Location: Massapequa, NY Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	THANK YOU! I'd say that is dinner tomorrow, but I have heard about the 2 day water soak before. So I will scoff up some post St. Pats Corned beef and start this process. __________________ Don G Weber WSM 22.5 Weber WSM 18 CL Find Bubba-Keg “on-loan” Char-Griller OS, Gasser, Weber 22.5 Platinum CL find Weber 22.5 Gold CL find w, SMOKE-EZ conversion KCBS 54236, Certified KCBS judge Certified MOINK Baller Super-Fast, Super-Non Stealthy ORANGE Themapen

03-20-2011, 12:58 AM	#7
Groundhog66 Babbling Farker Join Date: 08-20-10 Location: Livermore, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nicely done, that looks absolutely delicious. __________________ Tim -

03-20-2011, 01:08 AM	#8
R2Egg2Q is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-15-10 Location: Pleasanton, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Marty dropped off a sample of his pastrami and it was delicious! I can confirm that he nailed it! Thanks Marty! __________________ -John XL BGE, Large BGE, Small BGE, Mini BGE, Superior Smokers SS-Two, Hasty Bake Gourmet, Imperial Kamado, UDS (Darth Maul), Thai Charcoal cooker, Webers: 18.5" WSM, WGA, Summit S-620 NG; Stoker, Stealthy Black Thermapen, custom BGE & Weber handles by brethren martyleach IMBAS Certified MOINK Ball Maker CLICK HERE to join us in a BBQ Brethren Throwdown!

03-20-2011, 01:59 AM	#9
gtr Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 10-16-10 Location: Culver City, CA Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Dang! That looks fantastic You've been putting up some great pron sir! That meat looks like it doesn't need a whole lot of help if any at all. __________________ 50" Klose BYC, Backwoods Chubby, UDS, 26" & 22.5" Weber Kettles, Jumbo Joe, WGA, WSJ/MUDS, Jumbo Old Smokey, Pig Hibachi, a piece of expanded metal I throw over the fire pit sometimes, Stealthy Black & Vol Orange Thermapens Displaced East Tennesseean Proud recipient of a Tick Former outlaw MOINK baller, now IMBAS Certified, but still lookin' over my shoulder. Golden Goose Egg - Got 2 in the nest baby! SPFP Mayzie's keeping an eye out for you! WTFWGALD?

03-20-2011, 02:05 AM	#10
TIMMAY is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 01-10-11 Location: Bagram AB, Afghanistan Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I bet those reuben sammiches will be amazing. Imagine if it were on homemade rye!!

03-20-2011, 07:59 AM	#11
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03-20-2011, 08:01 AM	#12
chambersuac somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 04-02-09 Location: Manito, IL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	amazing __________________ Dan Large BGE x 2, Small BGE, Big Steel Keg, WSM, 22" Weber Kettle, Charmglow Gasser, The Holy Smoked UDS and her sister UDS, and one custom trailer-ed smoker. The universe's fastest and most accurate Thermapen. (Replaced by Brethren) IMBAS Certified MOINK Ball maker Thanks, Grillman, for the avatar! And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. [Acts 20:32 KJV]

03-20-2011, 08:03 AM	#13
Phubar somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 04-24-09 Location: Utrecht,The NetherPharkinglands Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looking Phantastic Marty! __________________ -TG -WGA (3) -UDS (S,M,L) All fueled by Ecobrasa Coco Briquettes Lowland Smokers Dutch BBQ Champion 2011 - 2012 Lowland Smokers Dutch BBQ Champion 2013 Low 'n Slow WGA Ambassador

03-20-2011, 08:09 AM	#14
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03-20-2011, 08:09 AM	#15
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