I have some additional info in here about pit controller error incase anyone has experienced the same issue that I have just experienced.
I put a brisket on the Green Egg last night around 9:00PM (injected with beef broth) and had the pit temp set at 225 using a pit controller (cyberQ) and the brisket came to 155 internal and stalled for just an hour of so and then moved up to 170.
I then changed the controller to track the internal meat temp on probe1 for a 203 degrees setting, about 12:30 am. I checked on it several times through out the night and it was right at the 203 temp. When I woke around 6 am or so i noticed that the grill temp had dropped to about 170 or so and the meat was at about 180 <>. I initially thought that the lump must have run out. When I checked the controller I could see that it was not calling for fan so the controller had stopped tracking properly.
I pulled the meat (Texas crutched) to the side to make sure that the lump was in good shape. I changed the controller to track the pit temp to get the fire going again and to get the meat temp back up as it had only been 9+- hours of cooking.
I now have gotten the meat temp back up to 208 now, (a little over I know, ran past the 203 I wanted) and am wondering how much longer I should leave the meat on to make up for the lost time at temp.
Side note:
I was thinking of pulling the foil off the brisket and putting it back on the green egg to get the bark a little crustier than normal. Kinda drying the outer edge out a bit. Any thoughts on this?
Also wanted to ask about the recipe here about brisket hitting the temp that you want (190-203) and then pulling and putting in chest wrapped for 2-3 hours. Is there any mention about how long to keep the brisket at the temp BEFORE Pulling into chest? I ask because it would seem that the meats tenderness would also depend on how long the meat stayed at the desired temp instead of just that it reached that temp.
Thanks for any input on how to salvage this low temped brisket.
Phil
I put a brisket on the Green Egg last night around 9:00PM (injected with beef broth) and had the pit temp set at 225 using a pit controller (cyberQ) and the brisket came to 155 internal and stalled for just an hour of so and then moved up to 170.
I then changed the controller to track the internal meat temp on probe1 for a 203 degrees setting, about 12:30 am. I checked on it several times through out the night and it was right at the 203 temp. When I woke around 6 am or so i noticed that the grill temp had dropped to about 170 or so and the meat was at about 180 <>. I initially thought that the lump must have run out. When I checked the controller I could see that it was not calling for fan so the controller had stopped tracking properly.
I pulled the meat (Texas crutched) to the side to make sure that the lump was in good shape. I changed the controller to track the pit temp to get the fire going again and to get the meat temp back up as it had only been 9+- hours of cooking.
I now have gotten the meat temp back up to 208 now, (a little over I know, ran past the 203 I wanted) and am wondering how much longer I should leave the meat on to make up for the lost time at temp.
Side note:
I was thinking of pulling the foil off the brisket and putting it back on the green egg to get the bark a little crustier than normal. Kinda drying the outer edge out a bit. Any thoughts on this?
Also wanted to ask about the recipe here about brisket hitting the temp that you want (190-203) and then pulling and putting in chest wrapped for 2-3 hours. Is there any mention about how long to keep the brisket at the temp BEFORE Pulling into chest? I ask because it would seem that the meats tenderness would also depend on how long the meat stayed at the desired temp instead of just that it reached that temp.
Thanks for any input on how to salvage this low temped brisket.
Phil
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