Well to start, my element took a permanent vacation and I was lucky to have a spare for the second element conversion.
Spotted a good looking beef roast at the market and decided it was time to try some pulled beef.
5.5 lbs of tip roast, whatever that is.
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When I got it unwrapped, it looked awful lean, so I found Mr. Walleye's recipe and decided that boating may just be the ticket here, and I've never tried that before either.
Rubbed up with Gunpowder and nothing more
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Sat overnight in the refer and ready to smoke. Four hours of Jim Beam @ 225 and looking for an IT of 195
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Now during the smoking process, I noticed that the box temp was climbing nicely and for the first time ever, I hit the box temp (225) well before finishing the cook. The meat at this point was only showing and IT of 79*. "This is how it is supposed to be," I tell myself. I am now wondering if I just had a lazy element all this time.
Anyway after boating at 165 and taking it to an IT of 203 which it hit in 9 hours. I pulled it and FTM'd for about 7 hours. The IT was still over 120 when I tried to pull it. It's a little dry and didn't pull like the pork I have done, but it also had very little fat. The juices from the boat took care of the dryness.
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Sort of a mixed day. I'm anxious to do something like chicken so that I can compare this new element with my original. On the pulled beef, a slather of some kind and a fatter piece of meat would probably have helped. Still gonna make some great tacos and sandwiches!