Heating element died

mnmike · July 24, 2011, 03:01:27 PM

Was doing some ribs and my heating element died on me so am finishing them off on the grill hope they turn out. Anyway i was gonna do a 12 lb brisket tomorrow can i still smoke it even though it dont cook and then cook it in the oven?? was gonna smoke it for 5 hours was just wondering if it would hurt anything just smokeing that long with a burned out element

GusRobin · July 24, 2011, 05:35:04 PM

Should be ok

mnmike · July 24, 2011, 08:54:28 PM

Has anyone cold smoked a brisket for 4 or 5 hours then cooked it in the oven??? And at what temp in the oven?

KyNola · July 25, 2011, 07:11:38 AM

GR and I may differ on this one. I'm not sure how comfortable I would be cold smoking the brisket for 4-5 hours unless you truly set up the smoker for cold smoking, even adding ice in the tower to hold the temp down. The reason I say this is if you leave the smoke generator attached to the tower and run it for 5 hours, the temp in the tower will most likely exceed 125 degrees and I wouldn't be comfortable having a piece of raw meat in that environment for 5 hours. Others will come along and give you better info than me and I will certainly yield to them. As for the temp in the house oven, somewhere between 225-250 should work.

muebe · July 25, 2011, 07:19:01 AM

I agree with Kynola. I would worry about bacteria growing in that environment. If you could keep it above 160F you would be ok but below that and your taking a chance unless you can get the temps below 100F. I think you would be ok for a couple of hours but anything longer than that I would be concerned.

Now if the brisket was already frozen then it might work to thaw and smoke at the same time for a few hours but I would still try and keep the cabinet cool...

mnmike · July 25, 2011, 07:59:07 AM

yes thats what i was scared of 4 hours is pretty long might be better off waiting till i get a new element

mnmike · July 25, 2011, 11:49:05 AM

WOW called bradley they are sending me out a new element plus a door and faceplate with switch very good service they really seem to stand behind the product they make

ghost9mm · July 25, 2011, 03:46:05 PM

Not sure where you live, but here in the north east with the temps running in the 90's + I would have to error on the side of safety, even as badly as you want this brisket to be done, I know you would feel bad if it ended up as a bad situation.

mnmike · July 25, 2011, 05:45:18 PM

yes i hear you there i decided to wait till the new element comes dont wanna take a chance of it spoiling.