need help with temp control

[Rick H.]

lid temp is at 227 second grate is at 201 with oven thermometer bottom vents almost closed i'm cooking two butts 8lbs ea. should i open vents to bring up the lower temp or just leave it be? its be holding 228-226 for an hour now?

Thanks
Rick

 

[Bryan S]

Yeah your lower grate temp is so low because of the real low lid temp. You need to get the lid temp up to 250º-260º to get a top grate temp of around 240º and a lower grate temp of around 235º. Scroll down a ways to Temperature Differential Between The Lid and The Cooking Grate

 

[Rick H.]

Thanks Bryan I'l ramp up the vents and check back.Thanks again!

 

[Bryan S]

I just posted a link for you in my post above.

 

[Tom Chips]

I find little reason to run temps that cool. For the butt I'm about to start, I will be running at least 275 for the most part. Might finish higher as well.

I don't like waiting for 14 hours or more to turn out BBQ, when I can get the same results in less than 6.

 

[Rick H.]

Just put them up to about 25% ea lets see what that does

 

[Rick H.]

Tom thats a good point with everything I'v read low-n-slow is the way to go I planed to cook all night for a party tomorror at 2:30 the next time I'll do the fast method (more sleep) but for now it's to late to turn back.
Thanks
Rick

 

[Chad Harwick]

i usually do butts between 250 and 275 dome temp.