This may sound like a newbie question but I've been doing this for a while and thought I would ask anyway. Cooking 4 butts totaling 29 pounds for my son's graduation party in a few weeks. My buddy offered to let me borrow his WSM to go with mine so I didn't have to jam them all on one. I started them about 8pm last night with about a quarter chimney of lump lit and a full ring of lump unlit in each WSM. Also used some Apricot wood for the first time. Came up to temp and was cruising along when I went to bed. About 4:30, one was still running around 250 but the other was at 170 as the fuel had burned down. I added more lump and got it going again. Did not do anything to WSM #2. About two , #2 was now out and the temp was down around 140. I immediately got it going again and it's back up to temp. It was not low for very long. What is interesting though is that the meat in WSM #1 is around 195 while WSM #2 is around 160. They both ran around the same temp for most of the night. Does this sound odd to anyone else? I have had some butts take much longer than others while in the same WSM but still thought it seems a little weird to have that much disparity.
Buckeye Bob
Buckeye Bob