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Goodmorning, I`m happy to have my first briskets in the new fec and have taken a few pics...
Anyways, have a peek if you will and let me know if their is anything that looks 'off' to you in terms of cut or whatever else you see.
I have only done one brisket before and was years ago in a drum-type smoker.
The briskets are in the cooker now.
I have one on the second shelf and one on the third.......flats to the exhaust side of the cooker.
Have the probe temp set for 170º and the temp set at 240º......all rubbed up with Cookshacks Brisket Rub.
Thanks for looking.
Mop






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Quick question"
The briskets have been in since 6:00 and its now almost 10:30 am and the probe in the thichest part of the flat is already reading 161º.
Is that possible to be that far along after only 4.5 hours?
If so, I`ll watch and at 170º I`ll wrap for the rest of the trip.
Thanks.
Mop
Oh yea. I've found that at cook temps a Brisket that started from room temp will heat up at about the rate you are seeing. To start it off cold will extend the time between put in and wrap time. Also, are those briskets trimmed? It looks like a lot of the flat end has been cut off. I ran into that from one of our local meat suppliers. It limited the amount of sliced meat I could serve to customers. Funny thing is, they really went for the chopped point more than I thought they would.
Hi and thanks very much for the speedy reply.
Since my post the temps in the briskets are still as I posted....one is 159, the other at 161.
We don`t see a lot of packer trimmed briskets here in Ontario so the trim level or fat content I have no idea of but yes, most of the fat has been trimmed.
I have actually cut out any thick wedges myself but the majority of what you see is how they came.
My sister works for a meat distributor and has informed me last night that she can get me cases of Angus trimmed briskets.
They aren`t as heavy but apparently aged 40 days.
I`m wondering if they might be worth a try.
They are $140.00 per case.
What do you think?
Roger
You can't go wrong with true angus beef. Thats the type I like to use. Ageing is more important than I use to think it was. Think of it as a big steak, the ones that are marked for "Qiuck Sale" will be the most tender.Thats the ones with the blue tent to them!!!!haha.Any way I'm doing 14 of them next week as part of an 800 plate catering job. We are doing chicken, and pulled pork as well.
Like posted above,stay away from trimmed,and do it yourself.

There is the Certified Angus Beef marketing program ,that has certain guidelines, they attempt to adhere to.

You can google it and learn more,and many of us would prefer to cook it, rather than just choice.

Now Angus can mean something else,altogether.

It could mean that cow might have had 5%-10% Red,or Black Angus in her background.

She could have been in the pasture with a dairy bull.

The ranch paid around $10 to belong to the state organization,and another $25 to register with the national.

The meat could have come off an 18 year old dairy bull,that has been running loose and eating sagebrush.

Some" Angus" products aren't gov't graded and maybe would have been cutter,no rolled,ungraded,commercial ,or select.

They call their beef things like "premium",steakhouse cut,organic,grassfed,vegetarian.

Trimmed could mean it is cut lean for a restaurant to braise,to slice thin with a nice horseradish sauce.


A light case could be around 50 lbs,a heavy case could go an extreme of a hundred.

Lots of comp cooks like to cook around 15-16 lb,because you have better /bigger flats to slice from.

Some of the better beef programs,are down around 11-12 lbs.

When they tell you it is aged,that is probably wet aged in cryovac at 28*.

Aging is good and many of the comp cooks will try to get at least 30 days at 34*-38* in their meat keepers.

There is a question that if it is at 28*, is it aging,or just cold.

Dry aging is what a high end beef house will do.

It is more complicated and expensive.

Can't tell too much about your amount of trim from the pix,but many folks would go a little heavier on rub.

Remember,that big hunk of meat may be sliced at 1/4 inch thickness,so the bite you take may not have much rub.

The rub contributes greatly to your bark building,as well.

Just a couple of things to ponder,wile watching the FEC work. Cool
Wholy Crap guys.....all I want to do is smoke a little beef. Big Grin
This is more complicated than my last science class.
But seriously, thanks very much for the quick and honest replies, I truly appreciate it.
As far as the rub, I hear what you are saying.
I stayed a little on the light side from what I have read with the cookshack rubs leaning on the salty side.
What I have done is follow SmokinOkies suggestion of seasoning a few times during the cooking process so the pic of the rub on the briskets BEFORE going on the cooker was a little light for sure.
these pics are of them at 170º on the button where after the pics were taken, I seasoned again before them getting foiled.
Then when they hit the 195 or 200 mark I`ll reseason again.
Thanks again folks.
Mop






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