I fired up the E6 tonight. While my cook sucked, I am blown away by this cooker. I lit a half chimney of charcoal, and cooked the meat, then a good while after I pulled the meat, I went out to put on the corn pudding and spam. Oh cool! The temp gauge was still at 250! So I opened it up, and there was very little charcoal left. But it was like a Thermos in holding the heat. Wow! So I had to light a few more coals to cook the corn pudding and spam.
The pork belly was beautiful! The brisket was terrible. I was given a couple tiny 3/4’ to 1” thick slabs of meat the butcher had cut out of my friend’s steer. They thought it looked different than my briskets, but he insisted this was how you cut a brisket. (Typical for butchers around here. Some of these guys can hack and grind meat, but that’s about it.)
There was no marbling at all. I took it to 208 before I gave up and sliced it and put it in the InstantPot for 25 minutes. It was still tough. Didn’t taste very good either. Not sure what I should have done.
At least the pork belly was great. Perfection, in fact! I can’t wait to put a real brisket on this thing. As rock steady as it held, it’s gotta be a fantastic brisket smoking machine.
The pork belly was beautiful! The brisket was terrible. I was given a couple tiny 3/4’ to 1” thick slabs of meat the butcher had cut out of my friend’s steer. They thought it looked different than my briskets, but he insisted this was how you cut a brisket. (Typical for butchers around here. Some of these guys can hack and grind meat, but that’s about it.)
There was no marbling at all. I took it to 208 before I gave up and sliced it and put it in the InstantPot for 25 minutes. It was still tough. Didn’t taste very good either. Not sure what I should have done.
At least the pork belly was great. Perfection, in fact! I can’t wait to put a real brisket on this thing. As rock steady as it held, it’s gotta be a fantastic brisket smoking machine.
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