Cooking CAB Vs. Wagyu

[bbqbrad]

Want to try a Wagyu brisket. Have always done CAB. I've heard that you have to do different things to a Wagyu. What are those things?

[huminie]

Pay more money.

[[TX]Aceboy]

A+ thread........I'm going to smoke my first Wagyu at a local event next month. Hope we get some good feedback

[huminie]

Wagyu has more fat marbling so you don't need to cook it to as high of a temperature.

You might want to try a practice cook first. Making a major change like this at a contest could be a mistake.

[The_Kapn]

I smoked a Wagyu for the first time at Dothan, AL contest.
BUT, I had a CAB also as a backup, just in case.
Worked out pretty good with a 1st in Brisket.

Only thing I have noticed is that Wagyu seems to ZOOM through doneness.
One minute it is not there, next minute it is pullable.
Watch it close at the end.

Good Eats.

TIM

[goodbuddiesbbq]

Brad....check your PM

[Jacked UP BBQ]

I can say that I got nailed this weekend by the negative of a waygu. We usually do really well in brisket with either kind. BUt this weekend I was told that my brisket did not have grain in it. Well I can assure you that it was wagyu and that was the problem, maybe too tender/

[[TX]Aceboy]

Originally Posted by huminie

Wagyu has more fat marbling so you don't need to cook it to as high of a temperature.

You might want to try a practice cook first. Making a major change like this at a contest could be a mistake.

That's a very good point especially looking at the other responses below.

Thanks!

[swamprb]

I can overcook Wagyu and still fare well!

[bbqbrad]

So let's see..... You can cook slower, it will cook faster and done at a lower temp. Is that about it? really?

[The_Kapn]

Originally Posted by bbqbrad

So let's see..... You can cook slower, it will cook faster and done at a lower temp. Is that about it? really?

Brad--no magic here.
It is a brisket, nothing more, nothing less.

It has a higher fat content and the fat is different than other breeds/types of beef.
But, it is still a brisket.

Try not to overthink it--OK?

Good Eats.

TIM

[Jeff_in_KC]

Don't kid yourself that it's done at a lower temp. The Akiushi (or however you spell it) is an American version of Japanese Kobe. It will be done lower - sometimes as much as 170 degrees. Wagyu is 50% Kobe (American version) and 50% black angus (most often). It is done from 195 to 202 in my experience. And en route to 5th Brisket ToY last year, I cooked about 30 of them. Almost every time, I had them out of the cooker at 198 to 202.

[big matt]

Originally Posted by Jeff_in_KC

Don't kid yourself that it's done at a lower temp. The Akiushi (or however you spell it) is an American version of Japanese Kobe. It will be done lower - sometimes as much as 170 degrees. Wagyu is 50% Kobe (American version) and 50% black angus (most often). It is done from 195 to 202 in my experience. And en route to 5th Brisket ToY last year, I cooked about 30 of them. Almost every time, I had them out of the cooker at 198 to 202.

Totally agree with you Jeff!..we always cook waygu at Comps and it's done exactly in the range you stated..I'll add one more thing..cook it till it's like buttah!

[Podge]

I've smoked plenty of Waygu's with C.A.B.s !

[bbqbandit70]

I want to try one, Where is everybody getting them?