I am more into smoking meat and cooking outside on my kamado, but i certainly appreciate the cross over.
At the moment i am running three experiments with pastrami - first one is corned beef from woolworths, second is a cut of silverside home made into corned beef and the third is a cut of silverside. The first experiment was with the corned beer. It sat in a zip lock bag for 48 hours with about 6 or 7 water changes. I then rubbed it up and left it overnight. The next day i cooked on the kamado for about 6 hours @ 110c, with about an 1.5 hours of smoke at the start.
For the rub on the pastrami i threw together a mix similar to
this without the dill, steak seasoning and adding a little more cayenne chilli powder. I also used sweet paprika to combat the salt from the onion and garlic powder. It was my first go at pastrami and I am a convert. when in a wrap or sandwich it adds a dimension that makes you think less about the amount of healthy stuff in there and more about the meat.
Also got some nitrate free bacon on the cure at the moment too. Its certainly a guest favorite at da crib!