Brisket #2
Posted: September 8th, 2014, 6:04 pm
Finally decided to give brisket another try. My first one on the 640 didn't turn out like I was used to. It wasn't as tender and juicy as I was used to and it didn't have much of a smoke ring. That is when it hit me that the Yoder was a different style of cooker and was gonna require a bit of a learning curve.
So, I went out and got me a 14lb brisket and rubbed it down with some of my rub.
I fired up the cooker with some Lumberjack OHC pellets and put the brisket on the cooker at 4am yesterday morning. For the first 1 1/2 hours I had the temp set at 200 and then at 5:30 I bumped it up to 230. At about 10:30 in the morning, it was starting to smell good outside and the line was already starting to form to get some.
I wrapped it when it hit about 165 and it finished cooking at about 5pm. This one ended up finishing at a higher temp than normal. I had to take it to about 205 before it was done. The tenderness was good and this time there was a very nice smoke ring. It was still a bit dryer than normal but better than my first one. I don't know if this is related to the cooking environment somehow compared to my other cooker (my other cooker is a more humid cooking environment) or if it is just the brisket I got. It was a Choice, Excel brisket.
A few slices of the finished product. Sorry it is a bit blurry
So, I went out and got me a 14lb brisket and rubbed it down with some of my rub.
I fired up the cooker with some Lumberjack OHC pellets and put the brisket on the cooker at 4am yesterday morning. For the first 1 1/2 hours I had the temp set at 200 and then at 5:30 I bumped it up to 230. At about 10:30 in the morning, it was starting to smell good outside and the line was already starting to form to get some.
I wrapped it when it hit about 165 and it finished cooking at about 5pm. This one ended up finishing at a higher temp than normal. I had to take it to about 205 before it was done. The tenderness was good and this time there was a very nice smoke ring. It was still a bit dryer than normal but better than my first one. I don't know if this is related to the cooking environment somehow compared to my other cooker (my other cooker is a more humid cooking environment) or if it is just the brisket I got. It was a Choice, Excel brisket.
A few slices of the finished product. Sorry it is a bit blurry