The Toertel's Italian adventure

Looks like good times.

Since I'm boat less, this is what I did last weekend
Step by step
0.5 you should consume a nice adult beverage and keep repeating till the party starts, then increase intensity of said step.
1. Bought a good brisket. Seriously, this is important. You can't polish a turd. No need to buy Kobe or anything, just good marbling, a thick flat, and not too much hard fat.



2. Trim some hard fat of and rub the meat (the brisket, not the sausage). 1/2 cup onion powder and each 1/4 cup of kosher salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika.
3. Light the smoker and settle in at a stable 225-250F.
5. Add soaked apple wood chunks to the lump charcoal (and a aluminum pouch with soaked rosemary and 2 holes in the top) and get your meat on there.
Mine went on at midnight last Friday.



6. Your cook time will vary between 1-1.5 per lb. You should be checking your temps every few hours to make sure your fire has neither gone out nor gotten too hot. There will be a period at which the internal meat temp stops rising, often for several hours. This is called the stall, and usually happens around 165 or so. This is where people who like to wrap their meat do so in either foil or butcher paper. It's not necessary, just personal preference. I don't wrap my meat. Not since getting married anyway.
7. When the internal meat temp hits 180 start testing for doneness. You want to see if all the fat has rendered and the connective tissue has all broken down. In other words, a very tough cut of meat is now like jelly. I jiggle mine to see if it's ready. It should be very soft and jiggly (like a fat girl's titties). You're typically going to pull it off the smoker at 185-195 internal temp.



8. Wrap in double layers of heavy duty foil. Then wrap in towels, and put in a cooler. Not the one with ice and beer in it, dumbass. You can let it rest there for up to 4 or 5 hours. It will still be steaming hot. You want to let it rest at least an hour or 2 though.

Thank you for the write up

Damn that looks good.

Hollywood wrote: nice watch

You and Greg think alike (scary...)
As I told him on FB, I think it is a fake ;-0

Steve, fly over and I'll have one ready for ya

I hear ya HW.
I got it right before we moved to Italy. It's the "coke" version and thus reminds me of our time in ATL every day and I love the looks of the GMT

I always wanted one and whenever I had spare cash I put it away for some time (spare cash that did not end up in a boat, gun, etc) and since I'm married, I never have spare cash.
Finally pulled the trigger and am happy

Guess I gota buy a red boat now lol

good work tackling cross fit. I started working out when I got to Australia and you're right, you definitely feel better.

Thanks for calling me out on my thread, I've been meaning to throw some new stuff up there.

any waterskiing yet?

JBear, we we know Kiss (BTW since I was in the states before, how coujld they get erased just by moving here?)
Brisket it is the
Yes we skied but on that white stuff....but temps are starting to rise again and we'll be on some water soon

Glad to hear you will be vacationing in Atlanta!
Looking forward to seeing you guys.

Seb... looks like you are fairing well in Italy... don't forget to get back to Pgh with your BF suit!

Well, last week I got a break and had to fly to the US of A for work.
I managed to squeeze in a weekend in ATL and wanted to stop in Charlotte but my boss had a different idea, hence only ATL.
After seeing Adam in great shape due to boxing, I had to start the weekend with a workout



The out to the lake. She started right up after 8 month of rest (I'm sure that's due to the deep cycle marine battery I have...or did Pete pass the 30k mark?)



Conditions were not optimal and boy am I rusty after such a long break but nothing would have stopped me from footing that weekend



While on the lake, I was blessed to run into these nice folks



And we ended Saturday with a sunset cruise on my buds tug



Sunday we had more fun on the lake and skied but my personal challenge was to master a headstand on the paddle board (try it...)



The remainder of the week I got sucked into work and my plans to meet Greg and Larry went down the s@#*%er...

Looking good!

Why in the world would you want to see someone working? unless of course it was cousin Donald