Evie Day 522
Good morning, and a happy start to the Western work week to you all! Today is Monday, 19 August 2024.
I was preparing a brisket for the smoker on Saturday. It was a little bigger than the last one I smoked, so I cut it in half and then proceeded to trim away the unwanted bits. It had a pretty good-sized fat cap on it and a hard layer of fat in the middle, but I went after it pretty aggressively to prepare it for my Ninja Woodfire Grill/Smoker. As fate would hate it, I was cutting the wrong way and slipped, leading to a nice slice on my right middle finger, right between the knuckles. I’m into day three of wearing a bandage on it, and I’ve come to the conclusion that I need more bandaids. I opened the back of my finger up pretty good, but I’m inclined to think that it’s healing.
The brisket turned out pretty well. I did half on Saturday, and it was wonderful. The other half was interesting… I decided to cook it overnight, and that was brilliant. I aim for an internal core temperature of 205F, so the first piece I smoked was at a temperature of 265F, and that took about 5.5-6 hours. The second piece was put on the smoker at about 9:30 at night, and my goal was the same, 205 for a core temp, but I set the temp on the smoker to 210. When I woke up the next morning, the temp on the brisket was right at 196F, so I used my phone app, bumped the temp up to 265 on the smoker, and it was right at 205 within about an hour. I’m going to remember that technique. I might use that same process to smoke a pork loin this weekend – we’re going to visit my mom on her 82nd birthday. My brother Dan is making a brisket, so I’ll bring a different entree.
I’m back in my virtual classroom this morning for a discussion on preparing for the AZ-500 certification exam (Security). We’ll have folks from all over in attendance. The last time I did a session like this, I believe all of the attendees were from overseas.
Tomorrow I will start a new cloud solutions architecture course with the same instructor I worked with on my last 4-week course. We’ll talk a little later and plan out this week and next. We had a good experience last month, and I expect more of the same. After we wrap up this class on September 13, we’ll both be heading to a big team meeting in Las Vegas… I will do my best to make sure my blog isn’t interrupted.
So, that’s where things are today. There isn’t much more to share.
I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.
Peace y’all.
