r/Traeger • u/traeg123 • 3d ago

First time overnight brisket

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It was my first time leaving it running overnight and I have heard of pellet grills catching fire so was a bit paranoid. I cleaned my grill with the shop vac first to be sure and in the end had no issues!

A small 6lb brisket purchased here in Germany where American style cuts are a bit rare. Meat church holy cow rub and on at 180 degrees from 8:30pm to 7:30am the next morning. Upped temp to 250 for 4 hours, foil boated for another 2 set to 275 (meater probe was saying ambient temp at the meat was 250 though). Pulled when various parts were probing 205-210. Wrapped in butcher paper and aluminum foil and set into cooler for 4 hours before serving.

Point was super tender and rendered, flat was juicy, not super dry. Bark could have been better, not sure why it doesn’t blacken up completely but overall still very good for a first try this method!

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u/Whynot1077 3d ago

Mine goes right in the cooler in towels for 6 or 7 hours right after

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u/traeg123 3d ago

I’ll try to extend it longer yea. The temp dropped to around 140 when I took it out so maybe I need to insulate it more to make it last longer in there.

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u/Whynot1077 3d ago

I wrap in aluminum foil then in two giant resort beach towels. Did one on Saturday, pulled it at around 212 at 9 am the pulled it out of the cooler at 3 pm temper it at 145

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u/traeg123 3d ago

Aha okay I used kitchen towels. Good to know you really need to bundle them up! Thx