The Stall....

[Vec]

10ish lb brisket on the smoker, I have hit "The stall"..

the wait always kills me slowly.

 

[Charlie]

OK, I voted!

 

[Saltyag2010]

Before I vote, are you supposed to be working?

 

[Vec]

Before I vote, are you supposed to be working?

nope, semi-retired only work part time now

todays job is manning the smoker

 

[ChrisMo68]

Why is there no option for nap in the survey?

 

[Whistler]

If yer' lookin' you ain't cookin'

Don't use the thermometer until it "feels" right when you poke it, knowing the temp makes me crazier.

 

[TheDan]

Why is there no option for nap in the survey?

This...
More accurately: romancing the old lady and then taking a nap.

 

[Maverick44]

The only thing I didn't vote for is beer. I don't like horse piss.

Though I will admit I do like some ales.

 

[easy rider]

It should have been shoot and clean guns.

 

[grasshopperglock]

Beer

 

[Vaquero]

The only thing I didn't vote for is beer. I don't like horse piss.

Though I will admit I do like some ales.

Prissy

 

[Maverick44]

Prissy

Bourbon is my drink of choice. I don't like most beers.

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[easy rider]

I don't drink, so I'll shoot and clean my guns, drink up.

 

[Moonpie]

Mow the yard? LoL

 

[robertc1024]

Send invitations to your TGT brothers?

 

[karlac]

Voter fraud!

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

Define 'stall' please.

 

[Vec]

Define 'stall' please.

from the googles....

Large chunks of meat, when cooked at low temps, hit a point at about 150°F when the interior temp stops rising. For hours. The exact temp depends on many variables especially airflow through the cooker. Electric smokers have no combustion so there is little airflow so the stall is minimal. This "stall" is caused by moisture evaporating from the surface and cooling the meat just like sweat cools you on a hot day. It has nothing to do with fat or collagen. If you wrap the meat in foil, the humidity in the foil is close to 100% but there is no evaporative cooling, so this method, called the Texas Crutch allows you to power through the stall.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

Vec,

Thanks!

You know a lot about meat cookery.

I just finished my 2nd book about Julia Child and her husband Paul. I really admired Julia. She was quite something.

Cooking is interesting stuff.

Can't get enough of Chopped.

Thanks again.

 

[hellishhorses]

Wrap it and have another beer — or wrap it and go back to bed. Depends what time of day/night it is.