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Winter smokes I usually plan on an extra 2-3 hours and upping the temp to 300ish but that's my Keg.
Sometimes have to top up charcoal 3/4 thru the smoke.
I don't use a blanket of any kind but do try to keep it out of the wind with some kind of break.
Traeger may be better at this than the Keg.
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Good luck to you. Having a Pellet Grill takes a lot of the guesswork out of it. In my experience better quality meat like Prime or Wagyu cooks faster than choice or select grade. Also, don't get caught up in the final temperature before pulling and resting for at least 2 hours. Check for tenderness and feel after 190 degrees. Like others have said add a smoke tube to get a more of a smoke profile.
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Well so far so good, took the advice from everyone and upped the starting temp to 215.
put it on at 2300 , 35 Degrees outside temp with some wind.
woke up at 0600, and checked the smoke thermometer and the meat was at 160F.
upped the heat to 225, and everything seems to be moving along nicely.
Thermal blanket seems to help with the pellet consumption, still on my first hopper of pellets.
Its now 0930 and meat is at 173. Not sure if that’s a stall I’ve heard about , but I have plenty of time to cook with.
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- San Antonio, TX
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Weber Kettle Performer
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Too many thermometers, gadgets, accessories, and tools!
Favorite beer: Alaskan Amber
Welcome from south Texas! +1 on the advice to up the temp a bit in cold weather. How did it come out?
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Trim and prep your Brisket. Cook to temperature, set the Traeger to 225℉ and preheat, then smoke to an internal temperature reaches 160℉, wrap in foil, cook until it reaches a finished internal temperature of 204℉. this works form me. You should have a nice smoke ring. Ground Celery and/or celery salt in brisket rub will help intensify the smoke ring.
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Retired, living in Western Mass. Enjoy music, cooking and my family.
Current cookers Weber Spirit 3 burner. A 22" Kettle with vortex SnS and OnlyFire pizza oven. A Smokey Joe and the most recent addition a Pit Barrel Jr with bird hanger, 4 hooks and cover. ThermoWorks Smoke 2 probe, DOT, ThermoPop and a Thermapen Mk4. Recently added 2 TempSpike wireless meat thermometers.
Welcome from Western Massachusetts. I'll forgive you for the Billsfan thing. you have a lot to be optimistic about.
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So the newbie had a couple issues, but overall it turned out pretty good!
I used a Smoke dual thermometer, one in the meat, one in the smoker. As Ahumadora pointed out I had the probe in the point, not the flat, lesson learned. Also, there was a 15 degree difference in the Traeger temp and my Smoke probe, that was making me nuts.
Last couple of hours I had to crank up the heat to 265, another lesson learned, should have probably started hotter than the 225, with the cold weather, as many in the forum pointed out .
Then I moved the smoker at one point and accidentally pulled the plug, had to restart it again.
Needless to say, it came out pretty good, but definitely some room for improvements. Everyone ate seconds and some had thirds. My wife and I both had leftovers twice today!
Thanks to everyone for all the advice!
Almost forgot to take the photo, too busy serving company!
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