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Smoking 3 Briskets today
Posted on 12/12/24 at 10:06 am
Posted on 12/12/24 at 10:06 am
It's been a long time since I smoked two briskets and have never done 3. Will it take more pellets and/or more time to smoke 3 briskets? I need them to be done by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon and I'm trying to figure out how long it'll take to get them done. Was thinking about getting them on at 4:00 this evening and pulling them when they're done tomorrow. Wrap them and put them in a cooler until its time to eat.
My question is if this is long enough time. I figured 24 hours of smoking should be more than enough, but the wife was a little irritated the Turkey was done 30 min late at Thanksgiving.
My question is if this is long enough time. I figured 24 hours of smoking should be more than enough, but the wife was a little irritated the Turkey was done 30 min late at Thanksgiving.
This post was edited on 12/12/24 at 10:13 am
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Posted on 12/12/24 at 10:10 am to WhiskeyThrottle
So many pellets so little time
Posted on 12/12/24 at 10:12 am to WhiskeyThrottle
Yes to more pellets and yes to more time. Would give yourself some cushion on the timing. You can always wrap in towels and put in ice chest until time to serve.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 10:21 am to WhiskeyThrottle
unless you have a commercial type rig I would smoke for 5-6 hrs and then introduce those briskets to my oven for as long as it takes to get to temp
Posted on 12/12/24 at 10:27 am to cgrand
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unless you have a commercial type rig I would smoke for 5-6 hrs and then introduce those briskets to my oven for as long as it takes to get to temp
I would probably smoke a little longer, to build better bark, and then move to the oven.
Once they reach temp/feel, drop the oven temp to 140F and hold there until serving, preferably 4-8 hours
Posted on 12/12/24 at 10:42 am to cgrand
I have a Yoder 36". Not commercial but not a cheapy either. I'll be running two on the bottom and one on top. I'll probably run them all night in the smoker then see how they look in the morning.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 10:49 am to WhiskeyThrottle
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I'll be running two on the bottom and one on top.
I would rotate them to avoid the one on top finishing quicker.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 10:50 am to WhiskeyThrottle
250 degrees, figure 1 hour per pound. Always works for me.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 11:09 am to WhiskeyThrottle
You're smoking 3? Probably what, 30 lbs of meat altogether? I'm guessing you'll need all the pellets in the world and jack the heat up past 225. I could be wrong. I don't know the size of your smoker but if it's an average sized smoker, that's a lot of meat that needs to be smoked and will probably increase your cook time a good bit. I only ever smoke one at a time but when I have smoked multiple meats, it has generally taken at least 25% longer and I have a Masterbuilt box smoker constantly being loaded with wood chips. Your pellet smoker should auto load pellets to keep the temperature up, not to increase smoke. You're also going to get less of a smokey flavor just using pellets vs. wood chips.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 11:37 am to WhiskeyThrottle
How big are these briskets. You would be hard pressed to fit 3 15lb packers on a pellet grill.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 12:29 pm to BigBinBR
They're 13 pounders. They'll all fit on my smoker. It has two racks and I generally smoke one on the top, and there is more real estate on the bottom rack. I'll post a picture when I get them started. 24 hours should be enough time to get all 3 done even if I have to wake up and load more pellets at some point in the night.
Good call on this. I'll definitely rotate them.
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I would rotate them to avoid the one on top finishing quicker.
Good call on this. I'll definitely rotate them.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 12:53 pm to WhiskeyThrottle
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24 hours should be enough time
You think?
Posted on 12/12/24 at 1:12 pm to WhiskeyThrottle
Trim your brisket to help with cooking and you'll shed off a few lbs to make it better. There's a lot of fat that won't render and you can sacrifice a very minimal amount of meat for the sake of an even distribution of heat and smoke through the briskets.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 2:05 pm to BigBinBR
Do You even Rec-Teq Bro?
Posted on 12/12/24 at 2:27 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
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Trim your brisket to help with cooking and you'll shed off a few lbs to make it better. There's a lot of fat that won't render and you can sacrifice a very minimal amount of meat for the sake of an even distribution of heat and smoke through the briskets.
The briskets I bought are deckle fat removed already. I trimmed off what little bit of fat cap there was left. The hard non rendering fat. There's still plenty of rendering fat on it.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 2:28 pm to Sea Hoss
Goodness. I thought the 36" was overkill for what I do for the most part but I do like to have a bigger than necessary grill for occasions like this. I've never needed to cook that much.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 2:30 pm to WhiskeyThrottle
Pics of the briskets? I'm staying you could still probably trim some of it to where it'll benefit the outcome of the meat.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 3:01 pm to Sea Hoss
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Do You even Rec-Teq Bro?
What does that have to do with packer briskets which are much larger?
Posted on 12/12/24 at 5:06 pm to WhiskeyThrottle
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I need them to be done by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon
It's on the calendar. See you then.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 5:30 pm to WhiskeyThrottle
frickers are always a crap shoot, did two today had the larger (prime) finish in 8 hours and the small (by about 3 lbs, choice) still at 185 going on 10.5 hours. Wrapped and trying to get it done by 8.
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