Cooking a whole brisket today for tomorrow an although it has only been on for 3 hours now (with BBQ temp siting between 224-234F) it is already at 160F. I double checked the temp from the Maverick with a standard probe thermometer and everything is ready correctly.
I was expecting a 5KG brisket to take 18 hours but this is flying along.....will it sit here for hours????
Brisket query
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Swindon_Ed
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Re: Brisket query
It sounds like the probe isn't stuck in the centre of the meat, but personally I wouldn't worry too much as when i'm cooking brisket i won't start to probe for temp' till it's been cooking for 6-8hrs depending on the thickness of the flat.
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Re: Brisket query
moved the probe and now 5 hours in but meat has been sitting at 158F for the last 2 hours.Swindon_Ed wrote:It sounds like the probe isn't stuck in the centre of the meat, but personally I wouldn't worry too much as when i'm cooking brisket i won't start to probe for temp' till it's been cooking for 6-8hrs depending on the thickness of the flat.
Re: Brisket query
Don't worry about that. It's called the plateau. It will sit around 160-170 for quite a few hours before rising again to it's eventual cooking temp.