Yes at 200-205.
Yes with at least 2 hours wrapped in cooler.

I use a Weber Smokey Mountain....there are more convenient tools out there but nothing compares with the results.

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It's a Traeger 575 Pro. It has consistently smoked faster than I thought. I have a probe that i use that plugs into the smoker but I am starting to not trust it completely. Maybe I will get a secondary probe that I can use. Just not going to put any more money into this "hobby" right now.

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are you probing at the grate or using the thermometers sticking out of the lid?

i've run traeger and now lousiana grills and I do not trust either chamber temps. it consistently ran about 25-35 degrees hotter than it said. i bought a little oven thermometer put it in there, and I also have a few old mavericks laying around to check.

Always set a cheap oven thermometer right on the shelf where the meat is.

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ThermoWorks Smoke
there's a probe for the ambient temp that just plugs in to the side of the smokey mountain. I trust this more than the gauge on the lid.

https://www.thermoworks.com/smoke/?utm_ ... fiEALw_wcB

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I have that too. The Bluetooth is kinda sketchy.

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Bluetooth is ok....just can have a delay, but nothing significant.

I did, however, have an issue with the meat probes. Ruined 2 of them from cleaning....I won't make that mistake again.

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What size of brisket are you doing the sous vide on? If it's a big one, how do you wrap it? For smaller cuts of meat, I use a zip top bag but not sure how I'd do that for a large cut like a brisket.

You need these:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00851QSDO/re ... HPFDNXYN6D

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I use an old cooler for my big sous vide stuff like a trimmed, whole packer brisket. Works great.

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Ah ha, that makes sense!

What am I looking at?

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GJ’s sous vide bath

Why is it still so God damn hard to post a picture here?


Anyways I smoked a 6lb beef tenderloin for dinner on New Year's eve and then reverse seared it. It was absolutely perfect.

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I decided to go ahead and purchase a separate WiFi thermometer system for the smoker. The inconsistencies I have been getting from my smoker is maddening and I am convinced it is partially attributable to the plug in probe that goes into the Traeger. I have seen some other complaints on BBQ forums. I went ahead and purchased an InkBird unit that has up to 4 probes and should work via WiFi so I can monitor anywhere I want during the cook. Anyone else try this brand or heard anything about them? They get pretty decent reviews and were much less expensive than the ThermoWorks unit, like almost $150 less. Figured if I can get this dialed in for $100 it will be worth it. I told my wife if I can't get this ironed out this summer I am just going to sell the Traeger.

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can i smoke a cornish hen ?

impulse buy . got 2

i don't think i've had since my mom made them for me, despite my trolling in the chicken thread

What is that, like a little chicken?

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I usually go with the rotisserie for those.

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Smoking 2 tri-tips right now based on bigfan's suggestion that it is the best beef to smoke.

I will report back.

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You know me like that.

Tri-tip is wonderful.....smoke or sous-vide. Delicious.

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Probably my favorite cut of beef. Never sold well when I worked out west so I was almost always able to get one of the pulls for cheap every week and we would grill it out back Rare find out here but finally found a source when the fancy hits me. Can’t say I’ve smoked one though. Maybe next time the wife leaves town.

I only made it a couple of times, but done right it IS delicious.

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Even though it's a different cut of meat....it's really a great alternative to Brisket. Smaller cut of meat, so less time to smoke.

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I don't like to pat myself on the back. Yes, I do. Who are we kidding?

But it turned out fantastic.

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Looks fantastic! Smoking some strip steaks tonight. Always one of the families favorites.

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Likely making a plan for Memorial Day with the wife tonight. I have a couple of frozen briskets so will likely thaw one out and also do some chicken. I assume some of you others are going to be getting some meat on the smokers..... what you got on the menu?

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Will be firing up a pork butt for pulled pork tomorrow.

Took out a brisket to start thawing last night. I am used to doing large full packers and the piece I pulled from the freezer we got from my wife's boss and appears to be a pretty good sized flat.
I'm going to have to look into some tips on cooking this as I am assuming it will smoke much more quickly and I want to be sure it doesn't dry out. I am open to any one else that may have some
ideas as well. She gave us two other similar cuts that are also in the freezer. I was at Costco last night and they had some really large briskets there, like over $100. I forgot to look at the price
per pound but they had to be over 15 lbs each. Monsters

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i'm going to Tischler's here in Plainfield at lunchtime to get some burgers and brats...i'm certainly not doing a brisket but last time i was there i saw they had tri-tip, might do that and a few chickens