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Brisket temp variance, when to pull? Advice?

dstearn
dstearn Posts: 1,702
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So my 13lb prime packer has been probing butter except for the end of the flat. Note that I did trim off the thin part of the flat prior to cooking, about an inch. The rest of the brisket is probing like butter. Should I wait?
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,954
    edited September 2015
    Nope-you are there.  Thickest part of the flat is good then time to declare victory and enjoy the eats.  If you are at brisket consuming time, give it around 20 minutes to cool-down then go for it., Slice as the demand  dictates and have fun.
    Edit: the thin part of the flat will be good chopped up for sammiches or about anything you can think of.
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • dstearn
    dstearn Posts: 1,702
    Except I trimmed the thin part off last night. It is at 191 IT now. Still resistant
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,954
    If the thickest part of the flat is probing like butter than go for it.  Sometimes the thin section doesn't get with the program.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • dstearn
    dstearn Posts: 1,702
    Resting for 20 minutes before FTC
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,954
    A thing of beauty-enjoy.  Dang-great cook and a friggin banquet awaits.
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • dstearn
    dstearn Posts: 1,702
    Thanks, crossing my fingers. FTCing until 5:00 which is when my Step Daughter and my son in law are no longer on call. They are both Paramedics and POC Firefighters.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,954
    Full props for their community service-I'm sure they will more than appreciate the brisket and your generosity.   Don't know your time-zone but enjoy!
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • cazzy
    cazzy Posts: 9,136
    Looks great!  Good call on the cooling rack...definitely won't smolder and great for limiting carryover!
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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  • dstearn
    dstearn Posts: 1,702
    Finally success! The very end of the flat was a little dry but 98% of it was moist.

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