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How Long Can YOu Wet Age Brisket?

Offpiste
Offpiste Posts: 47
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Picked up prime whole packer wondering how long can wet age before it needs to be smoked. 

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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,169
    I've done 3-4 weeks...
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    alton brown goes 6 to 8 weeks


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  • Offpiste
    Offpiste Posts: 47
    I'm going to smoke it this weekend just shy of three weeks I think I should be ok.
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  • MelSharples
    MelSharples Posts: 260
    Does it have a pack date on it?
    LBGE 2015 - Atlanta
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    >I think I should be ok.

    why do you think you might not be ok?
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,583
    Offpiste

    i wet aged a 45 day dry aged steak for near 3 weeks and ate some of it raw, your way ok =)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    i cooked a hundred day steak once, ate half of it, found the other half two months (maybe three) later, and ate THAT

    it is more dangerous to eat a handful of spinach and a tomato than it is to eat aged beef.


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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    I have one from August in the fridge. Going to open it this weekend.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • Black_Badger
    Black_Badger Posts: 1,182
    For what it's worth I've had horrible luck trying to wet age briskets in the cryo. Every time I've tried it I've ended up with a very strong, terrible, funky, metallic smell. It's not rancid (like rotting) but I've thrown out at least three full packers as a result of this. It's possible they could have been cooked and been fine, but none of them even made it to the egg. I hope your results are better, I know others have had better luck than me. Just in case I would recommend opening the cryo outside.

    Cheers -
    B_B
    Finally back in the Badger State!

    Middleton, WI
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,782
    And the ultimate test is..."the nose, knows."   You may need to rinse under cold water and give it a few minutes to realize it is no longer in the womb, but after that trust your nose.
    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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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    I typically do 8 weeks. I've been told up to 12 is cool.
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    edited December 2015
    That smell is typical and washes off

    if your fridge is at proper temps, it won't go bad

    the nose always thinks things are 'bad' if it is not used to the smell. 

    People throw out (or bring back) cryo'd pork all the time. It smells bad when you first open it. Doesn't mean anything w/r/t quality or food safety
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    This is interesting.  Not that germane to the thread, but here goes

    http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2010/04/dry-vs-wet-a-butchers-guide-to-aging-meat/38505/

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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    You spelled 'German' incorrectly 
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
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