Warning: My smoker thermometer failed mid-cook last Saturday

Was doing a brisket for a family gathering and my probe started reading 250 when the pit was clearly at 300. Had to finish the whole thing by feel alone and the flat came out dry.

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mitchell.dakota21d ago

Finished the whole thing by feel alone" is basically my entire cooking philosophy at this point. My trust level with thermometers is so low I half expect my instant read to tell me my brisket is done when it's actually a brick. But hey, at least the family got a story out of it, even if the flat was basically beef jerky.

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daniel_rivera21d ago

Wait did you actually cook the whole brisket by feel? That's wild. I tried that once with a pork shoulder and ended up pulling it off the smoker at like 140 degrees cause it felt too soft. My wife still brings it up at family dinners like it's a war story. But honestly I think there's something to cooking by feel, it's just that sometimes your gut feeling is wrong and you end up with meat that could double as a hockey puck. At least you got a good story out of it though, those are the meals nobody forgets.