I was going to say beef heart is always tough its all muscle there is not much you can do to get it to be tender .
I love beef heart as a kid mom would flour it and frie in a pan and my wife who grew up on the farm takes it boils it chucks it up and make stuffing and bakes it again it comes out...
Yes that is true thus the smoke ring the otter meat gets to the temp and the proteins change and the smoke cant penetrate any further .
most of you smoke come in the first 2 to 4 hours after that its just the surface so its a waste to add more pellets to a smoke tube .
I seen a you tub on a...
I did the brisket on sunday I think they make more ash I started at noon on Saturday and I check it at 4.30 sunday it was still burning but it went out between then and 7 oclock son had to empty the pot and I have done 24 hr smokes before
welcome happy you found us for your cooking needs .my last bird I did and the first time I did spatchcock it cut down big time on cook time I use a PBV4 and love the thing