Brisket on my HB

[Duanessmokedmeats]

Hasty Bake Black Angus brisket.
Started at 830am, was at 165 by 1230pm. Spritzed every hour with 1 part of apple cider vinegar, beef broth and water.
Foil boated and finished at 230pm, 195IT and probe tender.
Put in electric smoker poured on juices from boat and wrapped in butcher paper, and back in foil boat until 530pm. At 175 ambient.
Cut like butter, with a beautiful bend. Fork tender, no need for knives.
Everyone said it was delicious. I think this was my best one so far.
Stuffed ourselves that we didn't have room for pie afterwards.
The starting temp was @255. Later it did go to 275, but got it down to 255 again. After boating it climbed to 290, but closed vents until it hit 260.
I am really liking this Hasty Bake.
I was told on another site this is the time is normal.
Pics coming.

[Duanessmokedmeats]

Pics

[HawkerXP]

Looks grate!

[fillirican]

Looks great Duanessmokedmeats! Random question: Do you know the distance between the grate and the fire tray when it's at the Smoke setting?

[Duanessmokedmeats]

I believe around 14".
Also I had the Extended heat deflector over the coals. A great addition to my HB.

[ecowper]

The smoke setting puts the top edge of the firebox 18” beneath the grate. With the addition of the heat deflector, it’s more like 15” from the top of the deflector :-)

[LegoMySearwood]

Yummy!

[STEbbq]

It has been a lot of fun watching you enjoy your win!

[Duanessmokedmeats]

It has been a lot of fun playing with it.
My Pit Barrels are feeling lonely.

[ecowper]

That looks great. You’re definitely getting the hang of that Legacy

[Michael_in_TX]

Creative use of magnets!

(I thought they were duct tape or something at first and was like....that is the oddest tape backing I have ever seen....lol)

[Duanessmokedmeats]

efincoop I probably could, but the magnets work.
Also when grilling/cooking chicken, burgers, etc I keep the magnets off.

[efincoop]

Gotcha. Makes good sense and is probably more hassle free ;-)

[ecowper]

efincoop you certainly can add gasket in the door, which was my solution. But Duanes is way better and much more flexible. You want the air leaks for cooking chicken and such.

[Michael_in_TX]

Another question. You have a photo of the charcoal tray on the ground with a significant amount of very lit charcoal in it. Isn't that a bit hot to lift back into the HB? (I've never used an HB.)

[Duanessmokedmeats]

You put the tray in half way or more, then I put a chimney with about 20 coals lit in the front.
But the tray comes out completely for loading or cleaning.

[Duanessmokedmeats]

I forgot to mention. There were no lit charcoal in that picture.
What you see is charcoal from the last grilling that were snuffed out by the Fire Strangler.
I put @100 new briquettes and lit @20 and put in the front of the basket with the new briquettes. The old ones were used as back up, if the cook went longer.

[Michael_in_TX]

Duanessmokedmeats! Ah! Okay, things make much more sense now.

[Grits]

FYI-The door latch has an adjustment. Mine uses hex set screw. I was able adjust mine which eliminated the leaks.

What model do you have?

Grits

[ecowper]

That’s a big change from ye olden days :-)

[Duanessmokedmeats]

I have the 133- Corton Steel.
I saw that and was wondering about that. Thanks.