Got suggestion to try using some beef bullion for rub to build more bark. I haven't tried it yet. But just got some Minor's "Beef Base" from Amazon. It's salty, pasty, and packed with beef flavor. Probably needs black pepper and garlic powder mixed in with it. Gonna try it soon.
I did an overnighter a month ago. First time since last summer. I had 4 pork shoulders on. No wrap. Everything still chugging away. It's exactly why I wanted a pellet pooper.
No brisket expert, but had similar fails early on.
I try to follow these guidelines.
avoid little flats
cook big whole packers (think 20lbs)
buy the best grade (more marbling)
If I decide to inject, it will be with tallow
I slice about 1/2" thick, vacuum pack in 2 person size portions
Never had the need for remote start. If I put meat in the smoker, I can push the button. But if someone has an app for remote commands of my wife to trim, season, and load the smoker and set the temperature, I'm all about it.
If the dough is allowed to rise long enough and punched down twice, it will stretch and hold shape. If you're fighting it, it hasn't fermented long enough.
I've been lucky. In November, I cooked some ribs on my RT700. I forgot/got lazy and never put the cover back on. It had half a hopper of pellets. In December, it rained a couple times and then in January, it poured several times. I finally had a reason to go out back and cook on the RT700...
In our old age, we slowed down on it. But Spam, sliced 1/4" thick and fried to crisp, a couple fried eggs and a big scoop of white rice...I'm home.
Years ago, I was at a horse camp in Lone Pine. I set up my flat griddle and pulled out a can of Spam. Virtually all of the half dozen or more...
Yeah....I got behind the curve and didn't get the wife anything. She's cutting me some slack. But, not too happy. Still, Santa has been very good to me this year and I told her I'd get her a new vehicle soon. She just has to decide which one.
You don't know how good that looks to me. I can almost smell the smokey beef in my dreams. Got hit with covid a week ago on a hunting trip 600 miles from home. Home now, but can't taste or smell anything. Over a week of chicken soup and turkey sandwiches has me ready to start praying to the...