BAD "Q".. let this be a lesson to you!!

[abelman]

One of my favorites from my Marine Corps days, or at least what I told my guys:

"If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying hard enough. If you're making the same mistake twice, you're not learning."

That's cleaned up a bit but you got the gist

 

[meandmytwodogs]

Just kidding. But the fact is when you buy the best, you only cry once. And I think everyone has gotten complacient before and thought we could just throw together a quik BBQ and expect it to come out like when we plan everything to a T. Also I am my worst critic. If I don't think the Q kicks butt, EVERYONE KNOWS! And if someone trys to tell me how great it is when I don't think so, I do not take any credit. We just have to learn from our mistakes and remeber that good BBQ is an art form that not everyone can do.

 

[cman95]

I guess confession is good for the soul.....soooooo....I just ruined a good brisket also. The point was pretty good but the flat was rubbery. I will salvage the meat somehow...I hope.

 

[navionjim]

I guess confession is good for the soul.....soooooo....I just ruined a good brisket also. The point was pretty good but the flat was rubbery. I will salvage the meat somehow...I hope.

And therein lies the rub. I have screwed up a batch of sausage or over smoked / overheated a hunk of meat a time or two myself. Being cheep I used to try to save it by mixing it into something else, beans, or something like that. About half the time this worked and the other half I end up with a whole bunch more of something bad.

Now days if it's bad it goes in the trash, some things aren't worth trying to save. Ever see a garbage sack full of overheated dry snack sticks? Oh well....
Jimbo

 

[Dutch]

Thanks for sharing X-T! Like my Dad used to tell me and my brothers when he taught us to cut meat-"Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself!".