Hello World New To Smoking in Ohio

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excrider

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Jun 9, 2014
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My name is Dave from Ohio kids bought me a masterbuilt dual fuel smoker back in October so this is my first season with it. I have been working on pork mostly and have been pleased with the results, but recently have tried a few very small briskets 3.5 lb. trimmed and my-oh-my  have they been tough and want to find out what's going on with them. Hope to get some advise here on SMF....
 
Hey Gary S, I have tried to follow Jeff's process I injected, set smoker to 200 degrease use 1.5 hours per pound so that's about 5 hours then wrap in foil until internal temp is 200 it took another 2.5 hours for them to reach 200 so I guess low and real slow. I though it might be the quality of the meat was wrong?

Dave
 
Check your temp gauge,  Gauges that come on smokers are notorious for being inaccurate.  I smoke at 225º

Gary S
 
Gary, I have upgraded the temp gage in the masterbuilt and purchased a Maverick ET-732 I sure hope I'm getting the right info I'm going to try again this weekend  I'm going to up the internal temp to 225 and add an hour to the time... 
 
Good morning Dave,  I try to maintain a constant temp in my smoker of 225º, Just allow PLENTY of time when smoking a brisket. For a tender moist brisket that you can slice you are looking for an internal temp of around 205º  I would say the optimal internal temp would be 212º and still be slice-able  You really just can't set a time for brisket and say it's done. It's ready when it's ready. 

Gary S
 
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