Brisket Cook From Hell!!
Hi all....It is 3 AM and I have been up since 2AM. I am telling my story here because no one else would get it. (Friends and Family)
As posted earlier, Creekstone send me two Prime briskets when I only paid for one. The first one was a weird cook, and this one tops it hands down!!
18# Brisket, trimmed and dry brined 24 hours. Last one (Weird cook) was on for 19 hours at 225 and never really got to temp. It scared me. So this time, with guests coming saturday around noon I fired up the Primo with the Smobot at around 11AM Friday. Stabilized at 225 by 12:30 and got it on at 1PM. Figured done 8-9 Sat Morning (Experience from last one). Well the SOB never Stalled!!!!!! At 10:30 PM last night it was at 180 and getting soft!!. So I turned the smobot down to 200 and figured I would slow things down while I got some sleep.
Woke up at 2AM and checked my phone to see if all was well. All was most definitely not well!!!!!
Smoker temp at 265 and Brisket at 210!!! WTF!! I get dressed and run down stairs and check on it. Well, when I closed the Primo last night a temp probe wedged between the top and bottom and it never sealed. So smobot was working properly, completely closed but it could not hold temp due to the air leak.
So......I double wrapped in foil put in an Orion cooler (Similiar to a Yeti) packed with towels , put a temp probe in it and am praying it does not fall below 140.
I will admit, it looks beautiful, and I now know what Wubba Wubba/probe tender looks and feels like.
I will keep you all posted but this is not what I had intended.
Ain't BBQ fun?!!
As posted earlier, Creekstone send me two Prime briskets when I only paid for one. The first one was a weird cook, and this one tops it hands down!!
18# Brisket, trimmed and dry brined 24 hours. Last one (Weird cook) was on for 19 hours at 225 and never really got to temp. It scared me. So this time, with guests coming saturday around noon I fired up the Primo with the Smobot at around 11AM Friday. Stabilized at 225 by 12:30 and got it on at 1PM. Figured done 8-9 Sat Morning (Experience from last one). Well the SOB never Stalled!!!!!! At 10:30 PM last night it was at 180 and getting soft!!. So I turned the smobot down to 200 and figured I would slow things down while I got some sleep.
Woke up at 2AM and checked my phone to see if all was well. All was most definitely not well!!!!!
Smoker temp at 265 and Brisket at 210!!! WTF!! I get dressed and run down stairs and check on it. Well, when I closed the Primo last night a temp probe wedged between the top and bottom and it never sealed. So smobot was working properly, completely closed but it could not hold temp due to the air leak.
So......I double wrapped in foil put in an Orion cooler (Similiar to a Yeti) packed with towels , put a temp probe in it and am praying it does not fall below 140.
I will admit, it looks beautiful, and I now know what Wubba Wubba/probe tender looks and feels like.
I will keep you all posted but this is not what I had intended.
Ain't BBQ fun?!!
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