Recent content by MattHanneman

205! In the cooler now resting. Will take some pictures when its ready. When i picked it up out of the smoker it pulled in half........hopefully in a good way and not a mushy way

194, i can almost taste it!

178, on the move again after 2 hours

Well this cook is going much better than the first. I think a lot has to do with learning the pitfalls and how to react to changes. Temps have remained almost perfect on 225-230 the entire time (10hrs so far). I started it at 1 am, which is a huge help, i think im in a stall at the moment...

Well my mini wsm has been tested. I cooked a 5lb boston butt today and learned a whole bunch and ended up with decent pulled pork to boot. The day started off poorly and i woke up late. finally got everything going and meat on at 9am. Cook went perfect till about 1. Temps were staying level...

Haha nope, It was cold last week when i finished it so i had it inside and snapped a pic.

As i set the meat on this morning. I went back and forth on putting the probe in now or after several hours....but i didnt want to open the lid later. So i just did it now and hopefully wont cause any problems since it is often debated. After the first hour or so it seems to have settled in...

Its smoking away this morning!

Well new member here but long time reader. Just finished my mini enough to do a test run and my first smoke tomorrow. Seems to be holding temp ok until about the 6 hour mark, but i made a vent can to raise the air holes over the ash and i think that will eliminate the ash buildup blocking air...

Just saying hello! I was looking to get a smoker and stumbled across this site and used a lot of tips and ideas from here to build my own mini WSM over the past month or two. Today was my seasoning run and will be doing a shoulder tomorrow. Will be my official "first smoke" on the mini. Have...