In this thread I'll give you a blow by blow for my brisket smokin' today.
I am quite blessed to work remotely for my company. This unique status means I am on point for dinner most nights. This is often complicated by the fact that my home office (and therefore an evening meeting) is an hour behind us, meaning that I am often on the phone and computer when I'd normally be prepping dinner (5ish). This makes smoking a great way to get dinner ready. While this is an option for me most days, most desk jockeys can spare a day or two during the year to work from home and I highly recommend trying if you haven't yet.
Benefits of Work/Smoke From Home (WSFH) Day:
My normal BBQ is ribs and pork butt, however these weren't options at the store this weekend so I picked up a brisket- a meat that I have mixed success with. I opted for a thinner brisket to give more surface area and hopefully a quicker smoke time. Pics are coming.
I am quite blessed to work remotely for my company. This unique status means I am on point for dinner most nights. This is often complicated by the fact that my home office (and therefore an evening meeting) is an hour behind us, meaning that I am often on the phone and computer when I'd normally be prepping dinner (5ish). This makes smoking a great way to get dinner ready. While this is an option for me most days, most desk jockeys can spare a day or two during the year to work from home and I highly recommend trying if you haven't yet.
Benefits of Work/Smoke From Home (WSFH) Day:
- Smoking is mostly downtime, so I can periodically check the smoker all day in between meetings
- It gives me a reason to step away from the computer periodically
- I get more smoking done year round allowing for more experimentation and learning
- Only the family is subjected to my less successful exploits
- I have an option to smoke on Fridays to have meat ready for a party on Saturday
- Daddy's favorite BBQ helpers (Children, Copious Beer and frequent naps) are not available
- It's easy to get distracted with work and forget to check the BBQ
- It's easy to get distracted with the BBQ and forget to call into a meeting
- You are more likely to blow your time windows meaning that you should have backup dinner waiting in the wings
My normal BBQ is ribs and pork butt, however these weren't options at the store this weekend so I picked up a brisket- a meat that I have mixed success with. I opted for a thinner brisket to give more surface area and hopefully a quicker smoke time. Pics are coming.
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