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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 3050142" data-attributes="member: 9374"><p>Pastrami can be tough. I mean difficult. lol</p><p></p><p>I've done it twice now, with varying results. Neither was perfect, so of course, I have to try again! <img src="/images/smilies/new/drunk5.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":drunk5:" title="Drunk5 :drunk5:" data-shortname=":drunk5:" /></p><p></p><p>The first was a very small prepackaged corned beef that I essentially soaked to desalinate a bit, then threw on the smoker, but I obviously did NOT cook it long enough, as it was very, VERY tough. I'm sure it was probably a crappy Select, though, not even Choice. Just grabbed one at WalMart without thinking or researching or anything. Let's face it, those prepackaged corned beef are really made to be boiled until they're probably falling apart, so they don't worry too much about us "meat junkies" who are trying to achieve culinary actin and myosin Nirvana. <img src="/images/smilies/new/mosh.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":mosh:" title="Mosh :mosh:" data-shortname=":mosh:" /></p><p></p><p>The second I did from either a Prime or Choice (can't remember which) brisket I bought and cured myself. The curing worked out very well, but... when I went to desalinate it, I left it overnight and changed the water twice, I think. It was a bit thin on one end, and the water pulled out <strong>too much</strong> of the salt... it ended up being fairly bland and tasted a lot better when you <strong>added </strong>salt to the cut meat. lol Go figure. Although, right off the smoker it was moist, succulent and delicious. I want to try it again, but man, it's a helluva process, and you've gotta really dedicate some time and space to it in your fridge.</p><p></p><p>Overall, it is a process that takes some experimentation. Some people may follow a particular process and get it bang-up right the first time. That wasn't me, unfortunately, but then, as lucky as I've been achieving some amazing BBQ results with minimal effort, I think I'm still way ahead overall in the game. <img src="/images/smilies/new/pms2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":pms2:" title="Pms2 :pms2:" data-shortname=":pms2:" /></p><p></p><p>BTW, I ordered a new firepot for my Traeger pellet smoker yesterday, which I had been putting off for months. My smoker has been essentially unusable all summer due to ill-advisedly replacing my original firepot with an aftermarket one while I was changing out the igniter that had gone bad. <sigh> It said it was for "all Traeger grills" and I took that to heart, and screwed up my smoker. Unfortunately, I threw the old one out and couldn't go back - since then, I've been having constant flame-outs, at a minimum of once an hour and sometimes continually. Once this began, I started looking at replacements, but I know buying things from Traeger direct is usually an expensive process, so I kept putting it off. I think I had seen Traeger selling firepots at one point on Amazon and they were like $60 or $70, so I didn't want to throw that into my smoker and have it still be bad and be out even <strong>more </strong>money trying to fix this thing, vs just buying a new one.</p><p></p><p>So yesterday, I decided to look again, couldn't find Traeger actual firepots on Amazon, went to their website, again couldn't find them, so I bit the bullet and called them. <sigh> <strong>Man</strong>, do I <strong>hate</strong> talking on the phone. So, after one of their Customer Service Reps irritated me into "registering" my 20+ year-old second-hand pellet smoker, then she asks me for the serial number on my grill. I'm like, "Come on, lady, the thing is ancient and it's NOT under warranty, I don't know the serial number." So she asks me if I am somewhere I can go and look on the grill, I tell her no - since I'm in my recliner and the grill is out on the porch. <img src="/images/smilies/new/puppet2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":puppet2:" title="Puppet2 :puppet2:" data-shortname=":puppet2:" /> So she says she needs the serial to figure out which model of firepot I need. I immediately tell her it is a BBQ124, and she says she will see if that will be sufficient for her to find the firepot I need. Puts me on hold for about 3-4 minutes, then comes back and says she found my firepot and it will be $20 plus $10 for shipping and $1 for something or other. I dunno. Either way, now I have the proper (supposedly) firepot on the way for $31, less than half of what I was worrying about - I shoulda done this months ago so I wouldn't have missed out on a summer of awesome smoked meats! Oh well, live and learn.</p><p></p><p>Bad thing is, now I am "registered" with Traeger, which means I <strong>KNOW</strong> without a doubt I am going to start getting crap from them in my mailbox. Can't stand that schite. Junk mail is my damn pet peeve. At least I didn't have to give them my email address, and the phone number I gave them is essentially my dead phone we don't use, the household line, we don't even have a working handset hooked up to that one anymore. lol</p><p></p><p>So there's my epic novel for the day... sorry. Maybe the meat-obsession carried me away. lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 3050142, member: 9374"] Pastrami can be tough. I mean difficult. lol I've done it twice now, with varying results. Neither was perfect, so of course, I have to try again! :drunk5: The first was a very small prepackaged corned beef that I essentially soaked to desalinate a bit, then threw on the smoker, but I obviously did NOT cook it long enough, as it was very, VERY tough. I'm sure it was probably a crappy Select, though, not even Choice. Just grabbed one at WalMart without thinking or researching or anything. Let's face it, those prepackaged corned beef are really made to be boiled until they're probably falling apart, so they don't worry too much about us "meat junkies" who are trying to achieve culinary actin and myosin Nirvana. :mosh: The second I did from either a Prime or Choice (can't remember which) brisket I bought and cured myself. The curing worked out very well, but... when I went to desalinate it, I left it overnight and changed the water twice, I think. It was a bit thin on one end, and the water pulled out [B]too much[/B] of the salt... it ended up being fairly bland and tasted a lot better when you [B]added [/B]salt to the cut meat. lol Go figure. Although, right off the smoker it was moist, succulent and delicious. I want to try it again, but man, it's a helluva process, and you've gotta really dedicate some time and space to it in your fridge. Overall, it is a process that takes some experimentation. Some people may follow a particular process and get it bang-up right the first time. That wasn't me, unfortunately, but then, as lucky as I've been achieving some amazing BBQ results with minimal effort, I think I'm still way ahead overall in the game. :pms2: BTW, I ordered a new firepot for my Traeger pellet smoker yesterday, which I had been putting off for months. My smoker has been essentially unusable all summer due to ill-advisedly replacing my original firepot with an aftermarket one while I was changing out the igniter that had gone bad. <sigh> It said it was for "all Traeger grills" and I took that to heart, and screwed up my smoker. Unfortunately, I threw the old one out and couldn't go back - since then, I've been having constant flame-outs, at a minimum of once an hour and sometimes continually. Once this began, I started looking at replacements, but I know buying things from Traeger direct is usually an expensive process, so I kept putting it off. I think I had seen Traeger selling firepots at one point on Amazon and they were like $60 or $70, so I didn't want to throw that into my smoker and have it still be bad and be out even [B]more [/B]money trying to fix this thing, vs just buying a new one. So yesterday, I decided to look again, couldn't find Traeger actual firepots on Amazon, went to their website, again couldn't find them, so I bit the bullet and called them. <sigh> [B]Man[/B], do I [B]hate[/B] talking on the phone. So, after one of their Customer Service Reps irritated me into "registering" my 20+ year-old second-hand pellet smoker, then she asks me for the serial number on my grill. I'm like, "Come on, lady, the thing is ancient and it's NOT under warranty, I don't know the serial number." So she asks me if I am somewhere I can go and look on the grill, I tell her no - since I'm in my recliner and the grill is out on the porch. :puppet2: So she says she needs the serial to figure out which model of firepot I need. I immediately tell her it is a BBQ124, and she says she will see if that will be sufficient for her to find the firepot I need. Puts me on hold for about 3-4 minutes, then comes back and says she found my firepot and it will be $20 plus $10 for shipping and $1 for something or other. I dunno. Either way, now I have the proper (supposedly) firepot on the way for $31, less than half of what I was worrying about - I shoulda done this months ago so I wouldn't have missed out on a summer of awesome smoked meats! Oh well, live and learn. Bad thing is, now I am "registered" with Traeger, which means I [B]KNOW[/B] without a doubt I am going to start getting crap from them in my mailbox. Can't stand that schite. Junk mail is my damn pet peeve. At least I didn't have to give them my email address, and the phone number I gave them is essentially my dead phone we don't use, the household line, we don't even have a working handset hooked up to that one anymore. lol So there's my epic novel for the day... sorry. Maybe the meat-obsession carried me away. lol [/QUOTE]
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