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Weekend of record-breaking brisket at my neighbor's cookoff
Three weekends ago I entered a local backyard competition in Austin and somehow took first place with a brisket that I almost tossed because the stall lasted 4 hours. The judges said the bark was the best they'd seen all day, which was crazy because I ran out of post oak and used mesquite scraps from my buddy's firepit. Has anyone else had a lucky accident like that totally save your cook?
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susan4245h ago
Mesquite scraps from a firepit, that's wild lol. I had a similar thing go down with a butt last fall where my smoker temp gauge broke mid cook and it turned out the meat was actually sitting at 225 the whole time instead of the 250 I thought. Ended up being the juiciest pork I ever pulled. Sometimes the universe just decides your cooking needs a little chaos lol.
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