Larry Powers
TVWBB Member
I decided to try my first butt for the fourth. And since I was only cooking one butt I decided to try it on my new BGE since it uses less coal per cook. I was fired up and cooking by 9:00PM shooting for lunch at 3:00PM the next day.
At 10:00 the temp was 240. I woke up at 1:30AM and checked, the temp was 260 and the meat was at 142. I made what I thought was a minor adjustment to the BGE to be sure the temperature did not continue up. I woke at 6:30 to find the BGE at 152 and the meat at 132. There must be a big temp difference between thermometer in the lid and the grate.
I got the temp back up and stable but it was obvious that I was not going to have the butt done by 3:00PM. At 8:00 I was at the local warehouse store and bought a twin pack of spare ribs. By 10:30 I had the WSM fired up with the butt on the bottom rack along with the ends and two hardly trimmed slabs of spares on the top.
At 11:00 we took advantage of the hot BGE and threw in a dutch oven full of my wife's excellent home made baked beans.
At 2:45 the ribs were done to perfection at at 3:00 the beans were done and lunch came off with out a hitch.
As we sat down to eat we threw a black raspberry pie into the BGE. It was done 20 minutes later and ended a perfect lunch.
The butt was done around 5:30 and will make good lunches for the rest of the week.
All and all an excellent days with my smokers.
At 10:00 the temp was 240. I woke up at 1:30AM and checked, the temp was 260 and the meat was at 142. I made what I thought was a minor adjustment to the BGE to be sure the temperature did not continue up. I woke at 6:30 to find the BGE at 152 and the meat at 132. There must be a big temp difference between thermometer in the lid and the grate.
I got the temp back up and stable but it was obvious that I was not going to have the butt done by 3:00PM. At 8:00 I was at the local warehouse store and bought a twin pack of spare ribs. By 10:30 I had the WSM fired up with the butt on the bottom rack along with the ends and two hardly trimmed slabs of spares on the top.
At 11:00 we took advantage of the hot BGE and threw in a dutch oven full of my wife's excellent home made baked beans.
At 2:45 the ribs were done to perfection at at 3:00 the beans were done and lunch came off with out a hitch.
As we sat down to eat we threw a black raspberry pie into the BGE. It was done 20 minutes later and ended a perfect lunch.
The butt was done around 5:30 and will make good lunches for the rest of the week.
All and all an excellent days with my smokers.
