Sam's Club Angus 13.7 lb Packer. Froze for a couple of weeks. Moved from freezer to small refrigerator Wednesday ~7:30 pm. Removed from small refrigerator ~7:30 Thursday night, trimmed and salted with Kosher salt, put in main refrigerator. Noticed that packer was still stiff inside. Removed from main fridge ~7:30 Friday night, rubbed with Boar's Night out Wight Lightin and Ben's Pepper dust. Waited 1/2 hour and placed into 590 @ 200. Both probes in center of meat 30-31. 8:00 AM Saturday, 159 on both ends and sprayed with Parkay. Boosted 590 to 225. 10:00 AM 169, sprayed with Parkay and boosted temp to 250. 2:15, probe tender but only reading 195-198. 2:45 200 and probe tender. Pulled, wrapped in foil and towels and put in cooler. 6:15, unwrapped and let cool for 10 minutes and sliced.
Bark: excellent, best I had, Taste: again excellent, I'd be happy to duplicate this every time. Texture: almost fall apart. Not mushy, but very loose, Long slices held from one end often would break apart. Moisture: DRY. Not unpleasantly so, but definitely not juicy.
Possible causes:
1. I think that I should have pulled it when it probed tender at 195. This a well marbled chunk of meat and I've seen others say that 200+ is not always needed.
2. The fact that it was not completely thawed when I put it on seems like it might be a problem. Don't know.
Any thoughts?
Thanks. (Sorry about the lack of pictures, better half was in no mood to wait to eat.)
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Bark: excellent, best I had, Taste: again excellent, I'd be happy to duplicate this every time. Texture: almost fall apart. Not mushy, but very loose, Long slices held from one end often would break apart. Moisture: DRY. Not unpleasantly so, but definitely not juicy.
Possible causes:
1. I think that I should have pulled it when it probed tender at 195. This a well marbled chunk of meat and I've seen others say that 200+ is not always needed.
2. The fact that it was not completely thawed when I put it on seems like it might be a problem. Don't know.
Any thoughts?
Thanks. (Sorry about the lack of pictures, better half was in no mood to wait to eat.)
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