What is the purpose for injection...

westernbbq said:

I am a pete carroll fan as well both from U$C and what he did with seahawks.  But, to throw the ball when you are goal to go and you can smell the paint in the endzone, when you have lynch in the backfield who was running over guys all game long is both stupid and risky

As Vince Lombardi said: "All your effort in any business should be direct toward taking the risks out of it.  If you dont believe that, give up what youre doing and play the horses."

And, even though i am no engineer, i do have an extensive statistical backround. And engineers i advise regularly in business  love it when i tell them that complexity is the enemy of reliability.


I appreciate injections are necessary for contests.  But, this memorial day, i will be drinking beer, swimming and relaxing while waiting for succulent brisket to register the perfect temperature and be pulled off the Big Green Egg.

Right on brother. I totally get the complexity thing. I also know, in my end of the deal, when the project hits my lap, extremely complex or not, it still has to be done.

Statistical analysis is not my strong suit in cooking with the BGE. I promise you, it never will either. Just a fact.
  
Experimenting allows me to side step statistics and dial in on the result. In my experience there are good failures and bad failures. Bad ones are those cooks that should have gone right, but, due to alcohol consumption, or some other "outside the given universe" source, it failed miserably.

Those which I term good failures are learning moments, which allow me to make an adjustment on the next cook to make it better.

I have experience with both, and I have learned from both. My Brisket cooks turn out really swell.

Enjoy your cook, I am sure it will be epic. 

YukonRon said:

westernbbq said:

I am a pete carroll fan as well both from U$C and what he did with seahawks.  But, to throw the ball when you are goal to go and you can smell the paint in the endzone, when you have lynch in the backfield who was running over guys all game long is both stupid and risky

As Vince Lombardi said: "All your effort in any business should be direct toward taking the risks out of it.  If you dont believe that, give up what youre doing and play the horses."

And, even though i am no engineer, i do have an extensive statistical backround. And engineers i advise regularly in business  love it when i tell them that complexity is the enemy of reliability.


I appreciate injections are necessary for contests.  But, this memorial day, i will be drinking beer, swimming and relaxing while waiting for succulent brisket to register the perfect temperature and be pulled off the Big Green Egg.

Right on brother. I totally get the complexity thing. I also know, in my end of the deal, when the project hits my lap, extremely complex or not, it still has to be done.

Statistical analysis is not my strong suit in cooking with the BGE. I promise you, it never will either. Just a fact.
  
Experimenting allows me to side step statistics and dial in on the result. In my experience there are good failures and bad failures. Bad ones are those cooks that should have gone right, but, due to alcohol consumption, or some other "outside the given universe" source, it failed miserably.

Those which I term good failures are learning moments, which allow me to make an adjustment on the next cook to make it better.

I have experience with both, and I have learned from both. My Brisket cooks turn out really swell.

Enjoy your cook, I am sure it will be epic. 

Thanks my man

I hope it turns out with incredible results.  Who knows, maybe someday i'll ome around to the injection side of the fence.  For now, a lite coat of salt for pellicle effect in fridge for a day or two, then pepper on it and a long low and slow cook for brisket does it for those I provide brisket to.  On the shoulder side, it's all about Rendezvous dry rub and letting the meat sit uncovered in fridge for  few days. 

Happy egging!