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My neighbor saw me rushing my brisket and said 'You can't hurry smoke, son' in his Oklahoma drawl.
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brookepark6mo ago
Oh man, that's the truth right there. Tbh I tried to speed up a pork shoulder last summer and it came out like shoe leather. My uncle told me the exact same thing, that good smoke just takes the time it takes. Honestly felt like I wasted a whole day and a good piece of meat. You just gotta let it be.
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wesley_grant336mo ago
Exactly right, you can't rush it. Trying to speed up a smoke just ruins the whole point. The meat needs all those hours to break down and get that pull apart texture. Wrapping it too early or cranking the heat just steams it and makes it tough. That low and slow time is what makes all the difference between something amazing and a total waste.
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the_miles4mo ago
Man, your uncle was right. That hurts to even read about the shoe leather. I've done the same thing myself with a brisket a few years back, tried to wrap it in foil way too early and cranked the temp to 275. Came out like a dry, stringy mess. Cost me like 60 bucks for that hunk of meat, and I just stood there staring at the smoker the whole day for nothing. You really do just gotta let it ride.
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