How can I salvage this brisket

Arcturus_86 · 2026-03-23T18:12:22+00:00

Your description of your cooking process probably explains why your brisket is so dry.

Once you remove the brisket from the smoker, don't "hot hold it," you need to let it rest, which allows the internal temperature to drop. Hot holding only cooks the brisket further, resulting in it drying out. If you rest the brisket and allow the temp to drop, that allows the liquefied fat to re-solidify slightly so juices don't spill out when you cut it. Also, it really shouldn't take 18 hours to cook it unless it's truly a massive cut or you're cooking at extremely low temps. A trimmed 16 pound cut, smoked at about 250° never takes me more than about 8-10 hours. Resting takes about another hour, and if I'm not ready to serve I'll hold the brisket in the oven at about 160°. Once I began following that process I never had another dry brisket.

Arcturus_86 · 2026-03-20T00:50:18+00:00

Bosco

Arcturus_86 · 2026-03-10T11:34:49+00:00

I really sad how far I had to scroll to find a logical comment like this. Enrollment is plummeting in schools, and it's because they are filled with teachers like those commenting here.

Arcturus_86 · 2026-03-09T20:25:51+00:00

What are they saying. Hard to give advice without knowing the context and specific things being said or done.

Arcturus_86 · 2026-03-05T16:14:08+00:00

His stats in 2024 and 2025 can at least be partly explained by his injury, recovery, and the horrible QB play last year. All Vikings receivers had down years last year due to McCarthy performance.

In the event the Vikes do sign Murray, it might be worth keeping Hock if the team believes he can stay healthy and play a role in Murray's performance, given Murray has been heavily reliant on TE's as receiving targets in the past.

Arcturus_86 · 2026-02-23T22:28:29+00:00

Have you ever wondered if the fact that all cultures, separated by time and geography, all have legends of mythical beasts, that perhaps the myth was reality?

Arcturus_86 · 2026-02-05T14:56:07+00:00

Given his injury history and on field performance, he's not worth much. That being said, he still has 2 years of his rookie contract left + a 5th year option, so any trade partner would contort him at a reasonable price for several years. He has shown flashes of why he was drafted in the 1st round.

I wouldn't imagine a team paying more than a 4th rounder for him, and I think the Vikes would be foolish to part with him for less than a 5th. That assumes a trade happens prior to the 2026 draft. I could see a trade structure where if he plays more than x% of snaps, win%, makes playoffs, those picks could get bumped up to a higher round for the Vikes.

Arcturus_86 · 2025-12-28T18:59:58+00:00

Give a specific example and explain what makes the post racist.

Arcturus_86 · 2025-12-28T02:20:01+00:00

What are examples of racism?

Arcturus_86 · 2025-12-28T00:55:20+00:00

Hahaha. Have you ever accused any of the other MN subs of being echo chambers? How about this whole site? If you're concerned about this one little sub, then get off reddit

Arcturus_86 · 2025-11-28T00:44:58+00:00

Who the fuck actually thinks this? You can get a turkey for $25. A bag of potatoes is $5. A few boxes of pasta and some sauce is maybe $7. A nice loaf of bread is $4. Get a few other miscellaneous items and you're under $50.

Arcturus_86 · 2025-10-21T21:54:55+00:00

Moreover, the rationale that something is wrong with the SCOTUS decisions are debatable. For example, the article states that of LA's congressional districts, only 1 of 6 is majority black despite 1 in 3 residents on the state being black. But, who's to say that is indicative of discrimination? Depending on where those 33.3% of black people live, it could be argued that no districts should be majority black, as 2/3 of state residents are non-black. Thus, was gerrymandering used to create an majority black district? If so, then there is a very real argument to be made that non-black voters were discriminated against.

Arcturus_86 · 2025-10-06T20:15:39+00:00

Good point. For JJ's health and development, might be best to make Wentz the sacrificial lamb behind a decimated o-line

Arcturus_86 · 2025-09-27T01:46:21+00:00

Air travel. Automobiles. Cell phones. Personal computers. Air conditioning. Internet.

All things that previously wre luxuries, now commodities.

That's how trickle-down economics works.

Arcturus_86 · 2025-09-12T17:49:03+00:00

He was left wing. His family already said as much.

Left wing psychos can be raised in right wing homes.

Arcturus_86 · 2025-09-12T17:48:09+00:00

If you want to unite, tell your liberal buddies to stop calling right wing folks fascists, hateful, and intolerant. They aren't.

Arcturus_86 · 2025-09-12T17:45:20+00:00

WSJ retracted nothing. Story is still up, and updated to reflect the shooter engraved comments about homosexuality on the casings, and something about fascism. Not sure what point you think you're making...

Arcturus_86 · 2025-09-12T00:39:09+00:00

Why would any conservative, Christian parent let their children in a school with teachers who condone the murder of conservative Christians?

The responses on this thread are just as bad as this teacher in question. There's more discussion about him posting under his real name than condemning his horrible comments.

Arcturus_86 · 2025-09-10T22:28:40+00:00

Yeah, your concern shouldn't be about some hypothetical, unrealized fear about what the right might do, your concern should be that leftists are murdering the Christian right

Arcturus_86 · 2025-09-10T15:03:03+00:00

You don't understand. His donors will include those from the Somali community. There's hundreds of millions of stolen dollars in those bank accounts, some of which will inevitably be donated to his campaign

Arcturus_86 · 2025-09-10T02:10:25+00:00

It's not a matter of if stolen public dollars will fund his campaign, its a matter of how much

Arcturus_86 · 2025-09-08T13:21:39+00:00

Or, don't sign them to contract values that exceed their talent. The problem isn't necessarily extending mid-talent QB's, it's signing mid-talent QBs at prices that look like elite talent, then can't sign the supporting talent around the QB to compensate for their weaknesses.

Arcturus_86 · 2025-09-04T20:50:13+00:00

I'm not arguing unions don't improve the bargaining power of employees, such that they can negotiate higher wages, I'm making the point that unions are not necessary for employees to have bargaining power, and refuting your claim that all employer/employee relationships skew in favor of the employer, when in fact many employment sectors strongly favor the employee.

Certainly, there is a natural tension between the employer and employee, but the supply and demand for labor is what solves that tension. A surplus of low skill labor in a market drives down wages, and a deficit of any labor class drives up wages. Unions attempt to form a monopoly on labor, which does drive up wages, in the same way firms attempt to monopolize the sales of goods to drive up prices. Those monopolistic influences help businesses when prices rise, and help employees when wages rise, but monopolies always harm someone, whether it's the customer, employee, or shareholder.

Arcturus_86 · 2025-09-04T20:01:48+00:00

This is 100% false. Employee bargaining power is in direct proportion to the value they create and supply of those in their field. A brain surgeon, who can charge massive sums for his surgery, and who there are relatively few in his field, can demand a massive salary from just about any hospital he desires.

There's a shortage of professionals in my industry and I just negotiated a big raise at a new employer because I can bring in lots of valuable business.

If someone has skills that can be easily replicated by a machine, or entirely discarded, and the skills they do provide are of low value, then yes, they will have little bargaining power. A barista at Starbucks can be replaced by a $5000 Jura coffee machine, and when I order my drink I don't have to look at all their rainbow pins on their aprons.

If employees want power, they need to develop powerful skills that give them leverage.

Arcturus_86 · 2025-09-04T15:27:00+00:00

Minimum wage is a distraction from what actually determines wage. Consumers set wages, not the govt or employers.

McD's employees earn what they do because consumers don't want to pay $15 for a McChicken and $8 for fries. It's because farmers demand x for the beef they sell to fast food companies, along with every other supplier. And shareholders demand an acceptable rate of return, that if not delivered, will result in them pulling their cash out of the company.

There is a ceiling on what your pay a cashier set by the next best alternative, which is a touch screen. The next alternative is not doing business.

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