Newbie gets flooded and boat sinks

[Fozzie]

I was following Oldman's 4th of July brisket recipe (mostly) and started with a less than ideal starting point.  I was only able to get a 6.5 lbs flat part of the brisket in a cryovac bag from a place called zupans.  The butcher garranteed the peice to be choice, but it wasn't stamped and its fat layer was on the thin side.  Instead of grinding it for burgers I followed Oldman's recipe, mostly. 

On Sunday about 4 pm I took the rubbed brisket out of the fridge, covered it with apple wood smoked bacon and smoked it with 2 hours of hickory and 2 hours of apple at a low temp of 190 plus or minus.  Then I pulled the brisket, did the foil boat, added some splashes of apple juice, and closed it into a tent.  I returned the brisket to the smoker and set it to go all night at 200 degrees with the hope of hitting 185 when I woke up.  The idea was to wake up, ftc for 2 hours, have some for breakfast and bring some to work for lunch.

Unfortunately the brisket was only at 172 and had to find something else for breakfast.  Some might think brisket for breakfast is a little strange but since I'm new to the smoking thing I just can't get enough.  Instead of rushing the process, I continued to cook at 200 figuring it would be fine until I get home for dinner.  I thought I would have the smoker turn off before I got home just in case.  Yes the anticipation all day was unbearable at times and my co-workers told me to stop drooling on my desk.

I got home, saw that the internal temp was at 174, guessed it was on its way down, and quickly rushed it inside to ftc.  I was careful not to get the wood floor dirty because my wife spent Sunday scrubbing everthing.  Now I have this increadibly smeeling piece of brisket sitting on a cutting board with a drip groove and I'm trying to figure out how to transfer it to more layers of foil in case there was juices in the wrapped brisket.  I didn't peek, hoping to quickly move it onto some more foil.  The foil seemed to stick to the smoking shelf a bit but I managed to ease the piece off and lay it gently on the additional wrapping when it happened.  The corner of the boat tore and a wave of juices poured out and caused a flood that covered the counter and was all over the just cleaned floors.  The aroma was incredible and my dog was going at the pool on the floor. 

I thought next time I should create a better boat but I still needed to ftc the brisket.  I did what any one would do, splash in the puddle and quickly wrap the brisket and place in the cooler.  Now that I'm sitting here trying to figure out how to clean up the mess and waiting for dinner, I need help constucting a better boat.  Next time can I use a foil pan?

Fozzie

[Biggun]

yes.

[West Coast Kansan]

Or another dog to help keep the floor clean  ;D

[Gizmo]

If ya get the liquid off the floor in less than 5 seconds, yu can still use it

[Vampyr]

LOL  Yeah 5 second rule.  10 seconds on a clean floor.  ;)

[Oldman]

Next time can I use a foil pan? Yes you can.  What I do is towel the whole deal, rack and all. Place that on a flat sheet and then place it in a oven that is heated to 170 F. (Oven off now.) And then FTO for a few hours.

It is just easier for me to pre-heat my oven then pre-heat my cooler.

Olds

[Chez Bubba]

And then FTO for a few hours.

And Olds creates another acronym to keep the newbs guessing. :D

By the way, wasn't there some song named that by a California band? Sounds familiar, but that's more in your era. ;D ;D ;D

Kirk

[icerat4]

What ;D about BTO.now that was a band.

[Fozzie]

Hey hey hey.  Be nice to Olds.  Thanks Olds for much needed help.  Any newbie that doesn't get the FTO, its Foil Towel Oven.

As a follow up, the brisket was by far the best I've ever had.  Granted, I grew up in NJ and now live in the OR where decent barbecue is a rarety. 

Also my dog is still licking the floor after washing it twice.  Since he's an english sheepdog, his furry mitts absorbed a bunch of the pond while I was upstairs writting my story.

[Chez Bubba]

No worries Fozzie, Olds & I are buds, I was just ribbin' him a bit. And I promise you that this won't be the last time you thank him for "much needed help".

I was referring to "GTO" by ?Jan & Dean?, but yes Rat, BTO was a rockin' band.

Kirk

ps, Foz, say hi to Harriet for me. ;D

[Oldman]

"GTO"
by Ronny and the Daytonas

I remember the song. I had a 64 which was the first year of the Goat. The song had to come out in 64 or 65 as in 66 it was the last year Pontiac offered the 389 Tri Power engine configuration ,and the Goat was way to popular by that time.. After that (67) they went to the 400 and IMO that was the last Goat worth owning. The redesigned  A-body line for 1968, with that  "bustleback" fastback styling made me want to throw up. I also owned later in life a 65 Goat.

64 Goat



65 Goat



As how a GTO got to be called a Goat is anyone's guess.

Thanks Chez for the trip down memory lane...

[icerat4]

Back in 1964, Pontiac did not invent the GTO name. They copied it from Ferrari. Ferrari designated its Grand Touring (GT) category race car GTO, for Gran Turismo Omologato, Italian for ``homologated Grand Touring,'' and meaning that is was certified as a production car for racing. The rules of the day stated that 100 copies of any car needed to be built for it to be considered for the GT class; somewhere around 30 Ferrari GTOs were actually made. Ferrari took advantage of a loophole in the regulations that allowed re-bodying of cars, and claimed that underneath its aluminum skin the GTO was just like the hundreds of 250 GT models that had been made to that date. The Ferrari GTO was the last of the front-engined Ferrari race cars, and genuine examples are worth many millions of dollars today ;D

[iceman]

Interesting Rat. Thanks for taking time to explain that. I'm far from being a car buff but the history of the automobile interests me.

[West Coast Kansan]

It would be something like this... 389 tri power. This one is slightly ported heads, hookers, - not pretty (yet) but has exceptional accelerator response!

[icerat4]

5 miles to the gallon of gas.Well when gas was 59 cents a gallon who cared.It was all about the speed then.Man have times changed. :o