jcbaker123
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Newbie Smokin' It # 3 owner, but have used charcoal burners w/ success in the past.
First shot w/ my #3... 4 lb of turkey breast/injected/ used a water pan and cherry/oak mix. Hit temp of 150 and stalled for over 5 hrs after wrapping in foil.l never did reach a desired temp of 165 degrees, but figured anything more than 10 hrs would turn it into jerky. It was dry and by far not my best work. I had set my machine for a 225 degrees smoke.
Second shot: 8 lb brisket. rubbed and wrapped overnight. Again injected/used a water pan and used a hickory w/ a kiss of mesquite. Took about 6 hrs to get to 150... then stalled. I wrapped heavy w/ multiple layers. after 4 or 5 hrs I saw a steady climb up to 170 and again stalled. Smoked for total of 22 hrs and again never reached desired target temp of 190 degrees. I had to go to work and pulled it off the smoker. Again had set the temp at 225 degrees. Not happy w/ texture/ taste / appearance again.
Are these LOOOOONG stalls normal? The foil doesn't seem to help? Any suggestions before I put this thing on Craigslist and I go back to a charcoal burner? I do live in FL and it has been nasty hot and humid. I have wondered if the water pan may be a hindrance when I have a ambient relative humidity of over 80% most of the summer. I did use 3 different thermometers all of which sit within 3 degrees of each other.
First shot w/ my #3... 4 lb of turkey breast/injected/ used a water pan and cherry/oak mix. Hit temp of 150 and stalled for over 5 hrs after wrapping in foil.l never did reach a desired temp of 165 degrees, but figured anything more than 10 hrs would turn it into jerky. It was dry and by far not my best work. I had set my machine for a 225 degrees smoke.
Second shot: 8 lb brisket. rubbed and wrapped overnight. Again injected/used a water pan and used a hickory w/ a kiss of mesquite. Took about 6 hrs to get to 150... then stalled. I wrapped heavy w/ multiple layers. after 4 or 5 hrs I saw a steady climb up to 170 and again stalled. Smoked for total of 22 hrs and again never reached desired target temp of 190 degrees. I had to go to work and pulled it off the smoker. Again had set the temp at 225 degrees. Not happy w/ texture/ taste / appearance again.
Are these LOOOOONG stalls normal? The foil doesn't seem to help? Any suggestions before I put this thing on Craigslist and I go back to a charcoal burner? I do live in FL and it has been nasty hot and humid. I have wondered if the water pan may be a hindrance when I have a ambient relative humidity of over 80% most of the summer. I did use 3 different thermometers all of which sit within 3 degrees of each other.