WilliamD
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- Leicester, MA
So earlier this morning; around midnight, I was preparing to do a late night/early morning cook with a brisket that I thought would be uneventful...boy was I wrong.
So here's my brisket. Nothing special; a 7 Lb Choice from Costco. I injected with an injection made from 2 cups water, 1 TBS Beef Better than Bouillon, 2 tsp Worcestershire, 2 tsp Onion powder, 2 tsp Garlic powder and 1/2 tsp Sriracha Powder for a kick. Exterior Rub was just a basic AP rub with extra cracked black pepper added. Used 4 Chunks of Hickory. Lit the coals at 12:30 AM
So here it is now 2:30 AM and I am sitting outside like an idiot in 28º weather still trying to figure out why I can't get my smoker past 240...(I was trying to reach a cook Temp of 260º
3 AM and still no luck. Had to make a decision so I threw the brisket on at 240º and decided to "go with it". Temp dropped to 235º so I scattered to remove the charcoal and replace with fresh. For the second time this morning I donned "the idiot hat" because I used coal from the same bag as previously used. Dumped coal again and replenished from a new bag...then the temp swings began. I don't know why but I rocketed up to 285º. I thought......this is going to be baaaaaaaaaaaaadddddd!!!
While playing see saw with my smoker vents, Brisket hit 160º so I wrapped. Somehow I was able to dial smoker in at 265º so I kept it there....by 12:30 PM brisket hit 200º so to my surprise it probed soft so I pulled it.
I let it rest for 2 1/2 hours and was expecting the worse.....An oversized teeth cleaning chew toy for my dogs...but it didn't look too bad!
The final product....not too bad after all. I don't know how...but I just got lucky!!!
So here's my brisket. Nothing special; a 7 Lb Choice from Costco. I injected with an injection made from 2 cups water, 1 TBS Beef Better than Bouillon, 2 tsp Worcestershire, 2 tsp Onion powder, 2 tsp Garlic powder and 1/2 tsp Sriracha Powder for a kick. Exterior Rub was just a basic AP rub with extra cracked black pepper added. Used 4 Chunks of Hickory. Lit the coals at 12:30 AM
So here it is now 2:30 AM and I am sitting outside like an idiot in 28º weather still trying to figure out why I can't get my smoker past 240...(I was trying to reach a cook Temp of 260º
3 AM and still no luck. Had to make a decision so I threw the brisket on at 240º and decided to "go with it". Temp dropped to 235º so I scattered to remove the charcoal and replace with fresh. For the second time this morning I donned "the idiot hat" because I used coal from the same bag as previously used. Dumped coal again and replenished from a new bag...then the temp swings began. I don't know why but I rocketed up to 285º. I thought......this is going to be baaaaaaaaaaaaadddddd!!!
While playing see saw with my smoker vents, Brisket hit 160º so I wrapped. Somehow I was able to dial smoker in at 265º so I kept it there....by 12:30 PM brisket hit 200º so to my surprise it probed soft so I pulled it.
I let it rest for 2 1/2 hours and was expecting the worse.....An oversized teeth cleaning chew toy for my dogs...but it didn't look too bad!
The final product....not too bad after all. I don't know how...but I just got lucky!!!
