keeping meat warm?

[Guest]

I'm planning on an overnight brisket in a week. It will probably be done around noon-2. How do yall keep it warm until dinner?

 

[Guest]

Wrap in heavy foil, then bath towels (don't use your wife's favorites, in case they get juice on them), then into a cooler. It's not a bad idea to stick the meat with a Polder so you can monitor the internal temp. You don't want it to drop into the danger zone (below 140?).

Steve

 

[Guest]

Hi Scott,

You can keep meat hot for at least 4-5 hours, and warm for much longer, by wrapping it in plastic wrap, then aluminum foil, then placing it in a small cooler wrapped loosely with a towel.

Last weekend I took two pork butts off the WSM at 9am, wrapped them like this, and they were still warm at 4pm when I opened them up. If you take the brisket off in the early afternoon and eat around 6 or 7pm, it will still be hot when you open it.

I think the taste and texture of meat always improves when it is left to rest after cooking...

 

[Bryan S]

Scott, did a brisket last weekend and did the foil
wrapped in 2 heavy bath towels and put it in a cooler at 1:30 pm pulled it out at 5:30 pm still very hot. This method works.

 

[Guest]

THANKS!