How do you try out new recipes?

[lavinjj]

Since my competition year is pretty much done, I'm now looking at tweaking my existing recipes and trying out new ones. But to do A/B testing with new vs. old recipes can get pretty expensive, especially when it comes to brisket.

I thought about trying the changes for my brisket and pork butts by cutting the meat up into smaller pieces and then cook it, but isn't that not a real test since smaller cuts of meat take shorter times to cook so you won't get the effect of a full cook?

Maybe I'm over thinking things. Anyone got any advice?

Thanks

 

[Qbert60]

It all depends on what you're practicing.

You can always cut a brisket in half length-wise. you can do the same to a pork butt. If you plan to practice flavor changes this would work well. if you plan on practicing both, than this wouldn't work.