Brisket Question

In my old stick burner when cooking 'eatn' briskets, I always cooked them in pans. This kept the cooker much cleaner. I never did in a comp tho.

Skip

I don't compete, I have a small bbq joint in Springtown, Texas. Never cooked a brisket in a foil pan in my fec100 or my stick burner. Was wondering if anyone ever used this method on the fec100. Would make for a much cleaner cook that's for sure!!

I tried it that way on my Traeger a couple years ago. I didn't like it for the same reason I don't foil...tasted more like my mom's pot roast than what it really was. Even though the top was open I didn't get the smoke flavor and boiling in it's own fat/juices didn't help. You might think about putting the pan on a shelf down from the brisket and just let it drip in that.

I'm no expert ,but we have cooked a lot of packers, in at least four models of FEC s.

We've cooked caters,and cooked by a lot of other cooks at comps, using FEC s.

Since we have been seeing them around the country,we have never seen,or heard of a brisket fire.

Put a piece of foil on the floor,on deflector shield,in the drain shute.

Stick an Al full pan in your drip pan.

Throw all away after the cook,and you just have a rack to clean.

But,it is also correct,that if you have toothless judges,them pans can produce a fine pot roast.

hilltop,

Yours is the first time in 5 years of the FE forum that someone said they weren't at high temps (over 300) and got a fire. Your fires aren't from butts and briskets cooking at 225 (as stated in the other thread, there's something else going on), so I don't think you need to modify your methods.

I would verify the internal temp of the smoker (not using the digital on the controller) and make sure the temp on the controller is the same as the one inside the smoker.

I'm personally not a fan of pan smoking. I think it stews in the fat and limits the amount of smoke it gets.

Thanks to all for all the help and for the great customer service at cookshack.
Allan

Knowing that I maybe banned for this, you need to relax about fires. Coincidental with CS starting to build the FEC 100, Traeger changed controller manufacturer. The new manufactuer's controllers did cause fires. Traeger went back to its original manufactuer ant he contoller fires went away.

the case will withstand a fire. The gasket will burn out but the case will remain intact. If you still are worried, put a double walled pipe if the uniy is inside. If a dirty pit caused a fire mine would have flamed years ago. Ask anyone who has seen it. Just relax and cook your que.

Fred,long time no hear.

You and Jim comin' this way any time soon?

Let us hear more from ya.