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Cooling down brisket more prior to trimming.

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dstearn
dstearn Posts: 1,702
edited September 2018 in EggHead Forum
I received a SRF brisket last Friday rock solid frozen. It thawed out pretty much and is now sitting in our new fridge that was delivered yesterday. I had the brisket in cooler while the new fridge was being hooked up. My question is, should I set the fridge a little cooler than the standard settings or should I pop the brisket in the freezer for a bit prior to trimming to make sure the fat firm enough to slice. I will be setting it on the egg Friday night.
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  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
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    Three quick comments:
    • If your knives are sharp enough, the temp range for the brisket can be pretty wide for trimming.  
    • As a general practice, I run my fridge at the cold end of the range anyway, and would probably do that, brisket or no.
    • The risk with the freezer is that your refreeze some of the meat, which is no bueno from a meat quality standpoint.
    Recommendation:
    • Sharpen your knive
    • Put it in a very cold fridge for a bit
    Two last bits of advice:
    • If you haven't done an SRF before, they tend to be done (the right amount of jiggly) at a lower temp than a generic brisket.  I have seen them pulled (by people who know what they're doing) and pulled them myself as low as 185F, and sub 190F is typical
    • You don't really need sides (besides, perhaps, some onions or pickles for a palate wipe).  Just feed everyone off of the cutting board right as you slice
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  • dstearn
    dstearn Posts: 1,702
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    20stone said:
    Three quick comments:
    • If your knives are sharp enough, the temp range for the brisket can be pretty wide for trimming.  
    • As a general practice, I run my fridge at the cold end of the range anyway, and would probably do that, brisket or no.
    • The risk with the freezer is that your refreeze some of the meat, which is no bueno from a meat quality standpoint.
    Recommendation:
    • Sharpen your knive
    • Put it in a very cold fridge for a bit
    Two last bits of advice:
    • If you haven't done an SRF before, they tend to be done (the right amount of jiggly) at a lower temp than a generic brisket.  I have seen them pulled (by people who know what they're doing) and pulled them myself as low as 185F, and sub 190F is typical
    • You don't really need sides (besides, perhaps, some onions or pickles for a palate wipe).  Just feed everyone off of the cutting board right as you slice
    Thanks, I will turn the fridge up a notch.
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  • GrillSgt
    GrillSgt Posts: 2,507
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    Down
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  • dstearn
    dstearn Posts: 1,702
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    GrillSgt said:
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    On my fridge you have to increase the setting to set it cooler.

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,336
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    GrillSgt said:
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    Kind like SWMBO and, "Turn down the air-conditioning".  Just what does that mean...
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • dstearn
    dstearn Posts: 1,702
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    1-7 on a Whirlpool 7 is the coolest. I set my to 5 for now, 4 is the default. setting. 
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 7,647
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    Cut the lights on
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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