I soak the corned beef in water to cut the salt down. I apply a generous amount of pickling spices, then smoke at 250 for 4-5 hours. I then let it rest a bit, cut into cubes and add that to coarsely chopped cabbage in a pressure cooker with some fruit juice for steam and sweet. Crazy how easy and good that turns out. The meat is fork tender. i'll be doing that tomorrow for Sunday supper.