Turning over your shoulder?

[Jacob Montgomery]

Hey folks,

Question about turning meat in the WSM...using water in pan....

is turning it necessary?

thanks in advance...

 

[JimK]

I don't do it.

 

[Phil Perrin]

I've never seen the need to either. Although I was cooking 6 slabs of ribs one time,and halfway through,I swapped top rack ribs to bottom and vice versa for more even cooking.

 

[Rolf Jacobsen]

I'm still a puppy at this but no I don't. So far so good......

 

[Dave Russell]

If only using the top grate, there's certainly nothing wrong with turning butts over once the bark is set. However, although that'll probably even up the cooking some, I rarely do it in the wsm. And you didn't ask, but I would actually advise against it if you were cooking butts over butts.

 

[Dave O (Alaska)]

never flip mine

 

[Mike Freel]

I generally do not turn shoulders but when I want to move them from top rack to bottom, I have a pair of bear claws that work great. I also use these to take chickens and other big things off the smoker.

Mike

 

[Chris in Louisiana]

Never flipped, and never wished I had.

 

[Lew Newby]

I never turn mine over.

 

[Gary Hodgin]

No turner here. Trim most of the fat and cook with remaining fat side down.

 

[Clint]

I don't turn and I run a dry water pan