Spent 4 hours fighting a brisket stall that wouldn't budge

I don't know if it's just me but I had this brisket on my offset last Saturday that hit a stall at 160 degrees and just sat there for almost three hours. I had a small crew coming over for a backyard cookout at 6 pm and it was already 2 30 with no sign of the thing moving. I tried bumping the fire up a little, wrapped it in butcher paper, even checked my thermometer with boiling water to make sure it wasn't lying to me. Finally after I wrapped it tight in foil and let it ride at 275 it broke through after another hour. But by then I had to rush the rest and it came out decent but not my best work. Anyone else ever had a stall that felt like it was personally out to get you?

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lauras8314d ago

That stall was definitely out to get you, sounds like it had a personal vendetta against your timeline. I swear it's like a power move where the meat decides to take a nap right when you need it to hustle. Did the foil wrap save the day or did you ruin beef is what I'm wondering here?

amy_foster7914d ago

You ever try wrapping it in foil and tossing it in a cooler for an hour @lauras83? That saved my brisket once when it just would not budge past 160. Came out tender, not ruined.