Bark on Brisket has a slight bitter taste. Why?

Former Member

I cooked an 8.7 lb. brisket overnight last night for 12 hours. The interior meat came out PERFECT but the bark had a slight bitter taste to it. Any idea as to why this might have occurred? I used approximately 4 oz. of hickory wood and have not had this happen before on any of my ribs or pork butt.

PitcherJLT

5/19/0410:38 PM

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you might have had what we in north florida call a piece of punk wood. i have had that happen on pork before and when i looked at my wood chunks they were damp not wet but damper than the ones on top of my supply. the only thing i can think of is it was just wet enough to let some kind of baddy grow just enough to flavor it
hope it helps
and hope it never happens to ya again
jack

5/20/042:25 PM

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unlike pork brisket is unforgiving and can get oversmoked really quickly that could be it.
i really cut back on the smoke when doing brisket

11/23/0410:21 PM

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tomMember

I'm no pro,but I've cooked with some.

Did you change anything in your rub?

Could sugar have burned?

11/24/046:55 AM

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