Recent content by Kyle L

Have a brisket with a "sell by date" of 2/14/20. It has been in the fridge since then in cryo and was purchased from Kroger. Planning to smoke today, should it still be safe? Smelled fine and wasnt slimey.

I have not separated them yet, the meat is still in the cryo. I am sorting out what to do, this is the recipe I inted to use (https://www.virtualweberbullet.com/pastrami-dry-cured/) I guess the concern is, per the article, that the cure won't make its way all the way through the point. This...

I purchased a cryo'd brisket about a week or so ago and froze it, and have since thawed it and it is in the fridge. I bought it with the intention to make dry cured pastrami (want to cure for 7 days) but failed to thoroughly read the recipe that says to only use the flat of the brisket. I do not...

I didn't think it would be an issue but figured I would ask. I have done the hot and fast method and wanted to try the night smoke. Really appreciate the input! Thank you very much

So I screwed up. Bought brisket rubbed it down and had everything set up for my first overnight smoke. I forgot to check the weather and right after I put the brisket on my wife runs out and tells me its supposed to pour over night and I have no protection for wind and rain for the smoker. Long...

Thanks for the replys everyone. This fell off my radar, my apologies. I ended up throwing everything away as I really didnt want to run the risk. One of those lessons learned the hard way I suppose. Don't let ice build up the walls in the deep freeze. ;-)

Long story short, ice built up on walls of deep freeze and it shut down, 1 pack of Ribs totally thawed, 1 pork shoulder thawed but I had 3 packer briskets, the flat totally thawed at the thinner part but was still semi-frozen near the point. All meat is in original cryo-vac plastic. Smaller...

I have been absent for awhile, (mid full kitchen remodel) and I have the itch to cook. I got a thermoworks Smoke on BF and plan to use it this evening to do a midnight brisket cook. I plan to follow the instructions here(minion method), it is supposed to get down to 21° tonight. Any tips or...

Thank you Mike and Lee. Scored $70.00 brisket this weekend at Krogers I forget the size (20LBish), I'll have check but I got it on sale for around $45. Last one too, I was pumped. Brisket is my favorite and I cannot wait to smoke it.

Thank you Mike and Jay for the in depth responses. Helps gain a better understanding of things.

Thank you for covering me on that Bob, been away for a few days.

As another post or 2 have stated I decided to spend my labor day learning a new skill. I went ahead and did the BRITU ribs recipe and I fell in love at first bite (pardon my crappy jokes) took a tad longer than I anticipated but I suspect it was because my ribs were a little over 2lbs each and...

Thanks Tim!

Yeah. I'm going to start simple with my basic hand held thermo. I'll post my results if I end up doing the BRITU ribs. Will be my first smoke ever.

Thank you for all the tips guys! So much info to gather and I think I may be too focused doing everything "right" the first go around. I need to see how my smoker performs I suppose. Hopefully I will get to do this Monday 😎