Apr 13 2016
Hub is a moderator on LTBBQ forum; he is a very good BBQ
cook and does a lot of judging at BBQ contests. He wrote up this method to make
pastrami using a pre-corned beef flat. It saves that step and you can make some
great pastrami in less time.
The past week-end one of the LTBBQ members found corned beef
flats on sale for $2.99 a pound. I went to Krogers Monday morning to get one if
they were on sale. They were $3.99 but I got one since I was hungry for
pastrami. It was 2 .33 pounds and I probably should have bought two.
I got it soaking in a pot of water in the afternoon. It was
in the fridge about 24 hours and I changed the water twice. Tuesday afternoon I seasoned it well with the
rub, double wrapped in plastic wrap and in the fridge overnight.
I had cleaned out my Traeger Tuesday and ran the auger out,
empty, of pellets. This AM I had to refill the pellet bin and run until I got
pellets dropping in the firepot. I then shut it down and replaced the heat
shield, drip pan and grate.
It was 11:00 AM when I got the Traeger started and heated to
200 deg. and got the corned beef on. After two hours I inserted a temp probe
and went to 210 deg. The meat was at 108 deg. IT. After an hour I went to 225
deg. this was giving me about 250 deg. grill level for the rest of the cook. It
was 3:30 when it hit 150 deg. IT so I double wrapped in foil, fat cap up, and
back on for another hour to get to 170 deg. IT and passes a toothpick test.
That was a total of 5 ½ hours.
It went in my microwave to set for about 45 minutes then
took it out and let cool some and then in the fridge. I will slice it up
tomorrow.
I just finished slicing the pastrami and it tasted great! I
kick myself now for not doing two of them, I ended up getting about 1 ½ pounds
from the 2.3 pounds. I froze up some for our son in law and we will probably
eat the rest over the week-end.
The corned beef
Ready for the smoker
After 2 hours
At 150 deg. IT ready to wrap
Wrapping in foil
Ready to slice after a night in the fridge
Slicing thin on my slicer
Plate weighed 3/4 pound
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