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    Pellet Smoken in Seattle

    Hello,

    I live in the Greater Seattle area and I love my smoker. All I wanted was to make the perfect ribs, and the next thing I knew I was buying a GMG Prime Peak grill. And not only have I mastered the ribs but now brisket, prime rib roasts, bacon, and many other meats are regularly produced in my back yard.

    I do have a question and I'm not sure where or who to ask, as it seems like the whole world disagrees with me about my briskets. I started buying these Japanese Briskets, usually just the cap and smoking them. I felt like they were coming out a little dry so searched online to see if you should cook the Wagyu to a different temperature then a prime cut of beef. The internets all told me to cook them to the same temperature as prime, but I didn't believe them, so I started cooking them to lower and lower temperatures.

    I ended up settling at 165, although I'm tempted to go even lower. My experience as been with the smoker at 225, a small thawed brisket cap can get there in just a few hours, and it is so juicy and tender that I haven't looked back.

    Just yesterday I had a full prime packer, and decided to bring it up to 203. It tasted great, but it was a little dry and made me wonder if I should try the same lower temperatures even with prime meat, or have I just been spoiled by Wagyu.

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    Welcome! Do you wrap the briskets or leave them open? I wrap at the end of the stall as do most Texas BBQ joint, either in foil or butcher paper, and pull at 195o - 203o when it is probe tender. Wrapping and a long rest after you pull off the smoker helps. However, I've cooked prime and wagyu without wrapping, there is so much fat that I rarely have trouble with it drying, but I wrap when I pull it off, then wrap in a towel, and place in a cooler for a couple of hours.

    Several Texas BBQ joints will hold wrapped briskets at 140o - 150o overnight - those briskets are usually very tender and really juicy.
    Last edited by 58limited; September 19, 2022, 10:03 AM.

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        There is a lot detail to this but at the end of the day, it you find a taste/texture profile you like, then its all good. I've got grills, barrels, and a large home-made smoker. I only do briskets on my home-built, always oak/charcoal, always to 195-203 degrees and always with a minimum 2 hour hold. I get the Texas style taste/texture I'm going for. I use locally sourced prime briskets and always get good results.

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                        The Pellet grill lives on. Thank you, Joe Traeger.
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                              If you are smoking to a specific temp, that might be the problem. As mentioned above, it's better to cook to probe tender, and hold for several hours after that.

                              That temp is normally somewhere between 190° and 210° depending on the grade, with higher grades getting probe tender at lower temps.

                              Having said this, whatever works for you is correct for you.
                              Last edited by RonB; September 19, 2022, 02:07 PM.

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