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    Time & Temp Mantra

    Trying to boil down the best advice regarding time and temps on longer cooks (brisket etc). So I can give our masterclass folks an easy mantra to go away with. My best effort so far (if you come up with a better one though, I'm stealing it!)

    Time can tell tales.
    Temp sometimes fails.
    But probing is great for the truth.

    #2
    Get it close and let the cooker do the work.

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      #3
      Temp over time, every time.

      This is what I use when I am teaching people BBQ.

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        #4
        Set your heat
        Probe your meat
        BBQ hurries for no one

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        • HawkerXP
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          This!

        #5
        Ah, training development.........always a challenge to relate to what the "student" knows and can understand.

        I suspect for most "learners" (alternatively newbs) the stresser underlying the importance of the time/temp factors is "will it be ready in time for when we're ready to eat?" So, I'll go to the preamble to whatever snappy phrasing suits your training style; start earlier than you think and be prepared to hold the protein over in a suitable manner.

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        • rickgregory
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          I almost typed this... I don't think people ask idly, they are thinking "I want to eat at 6...." So in addition to catchy phrases, I'd develop a chart, maybe a handout, that gives them estimated times and temps and then emphasize that BBQ is not an exact thing.

        #6
        Add to it "If you're lookin, you're not cookin"

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          #7
          This is great. Like the comment on the time used for planning, very true. V2....

          Times just a guide
          Temp helps you decide
          But it's probing on which I've relied.

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            #8
            Best advice is "It's done when it's done"

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              #9
              If it's not done that is the barbecue gods telling you to crack open another beer.

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              • HawkerXP
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                PBR, PBR, PBR!

              #10
              JoeSousa Amen!

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              • HawkerXP
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                Or Belhaven!

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