Half Crocked 1st attempt!
Well, not a great first smoke. Filled the ring to the max and lit the lump coal at 10pm, was running too hot but came down to 225 after about an hour and a half. Seemed like it was doing fine so I went to bed setting my alarm for 4am just to check on it. When I checked...
Thanks for the info! Just added the BBQ Guru DigiQ to help maintain temps on the longer cook. Smoking overnight Sunday to tailgate for MNF at the Cardinals/Jets game. I'll post back on how it turns out!
Just received my 22" WSM and had a couple of questions about fuel an timing. Planning to use BGE lump charcoal and Applewood chunks to some 2each 7lb pork butts. How much charcoal and wood chunks should I load to be able to burn approx. 10 hours figuring 1.5 hrs per pound at 225 degrees...