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    Smoking newb; first brisket ever

    Welp, the brisket found its final resting place in a pretty darn tasty chili tonight: I mixed up a few different recipes I found online and then added a touch of my own.  Roasted up some poblano peppers and added them in and used the drippings that I saved from the brisket to saute the onion...
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    Smoking newb; first brisket ever

    Thanks.  Yeah, maybe I started probing more than I should.  Plus, towards the end the smoker was getting hotter and would occasionally hit 260-265 and I'd have to open the door slightly to let some heat out.  Oddly, at some point the Maverick monitor stopped chiming when the temp got too high in...
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    Smoking newb; first brisket ever

    So, figured I'd post the final results.  Over-all, I've got much to learn.  I guess my interpretation of "like a hot knife through butter" was insufficient.  Either it was ready and I should have let it rest on the counter and not wrapped, or it was already overdone, but it was overdone.  It was...
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    Smoking newb; first brisket ever

    Well, 5PM I pulled it and it's now resting away in a cooler wrapped in a towel.  Its final internal temperature read 201, but I was checking it every 15 minutes or so and pricking it with the kebab skewer and finally it seemed to go in and out pretty easily.  While I was transferring it to the...
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    Smoking newb; first brisket ever

    Well, I didn't change the meat probe, just the chamber probe.  But, it was pretty dark out when I stabbed it with the meat probe, so...I can only hope it got about where I'd like it to.  I went for the thick part between the little bit of the point and the flat. Anyway, 10AM update -- meat hit...
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    Smoking newb; first brisket ever

    Well...this thing is not quite working to plan,.  It's about an hour in and the smoker probe (which I tested already for accuracy in boiling water) is only reading 208.  The thermo on the smoker says 250 and the meat is up to 145.  But, at this point I'm not sure what to believe.  I have the...
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    Smoking newb; first brisket ever

    Well brisket went on at 6:00AM, or so.  Wife figured we'd have plenty of food so the brisket could be done closer to dinner around 6.  Hopefully it's an 11 hour cook or less and 1 hour rest (or more).  We'll see. Tough dialing in the smoker temp.  I lost way too much heat getting the brisket in...
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    Smoking newb; first brisket ever

    Yeah, I was inspecting the grain a little more today, thinking about putting toothpicks in like I saw in another thread to mark the grain pattern for cutting.  I noticed that it did flip direction, so I guess y'all were right, it does appear there's some of the point.  Hopefully that helps it...
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    Smoking newb; first brisket ever

    So, I prep'd the brisket earlier and my wife decided to wait a bit, so it'll go on around 5am.  It'll end up sitting for about 10 hours, I do hope the salt doesn't pull out the liquid and contribute to it drying it. I decided to get a little more crazy with the spices.  I cracked a little over...
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