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Temps at 266 now but internal meat temp is at 185, could it really be done in almost 5 hours, it dosent really feel probe tender at all?

Wow thanks for the rapid advice guys, almost as rapid as my temps right now ha ha. I put the lid back on, all vents on bottom have been closed for a while but I just noticed that the main silver loading door wasnt closed properly so maybe thats the cause. Thanks again!!

So I have been cooking my 5.5lb brisket since 7 this morning, its now 10 and I think its too hot, whats the best way to cool the WSM down, Ive heard of folks not being able to get it up to temp but I cant get it down, aaghh it wont go below 300 degrees. I took off the lid right now but hoping...

This weekend will be my first brisket mission and I have done my research through this wonderful forum, question is... High heat or Slow? And what would be the determing weight of the meat to be able to do HH, for example if I can only get 2 5lbers would that be too small to do HH or dosen't...

So today I cut up a 6lb piece of butt into 4 smaller pieces (1.5lbs each) to see if I can get it cooked faster. I put it on the grates at 11am and pulled them at 4.30pm. This is longer than I thought it would have taken but interesting results. I smoked a whole 6lb piece not long ago for 9 hours...

Duane, I think I read on here that butts have diffrent muscle groups and those will hold diffrent temps depending where your probe is. I smoked a butt recently and when shredding I noticed a small part of it just didnt shred like the rest of it, still was good but I could for sure feel a...

Great advice as usual, I think this weekend is time for experimenting. I'll post the results! Mark, I will be using the WSM... Thanks!

Does anyone have thoughts or tricks on being able to cook butts and brisket faster. I know smoking is a long process which It should be and I totally agree with and love the end result but I may be able to enter a situation where time may be a factor and Im trying to work out if it can be done...

Should I be concerned that the middle of my temp gauge on my WSM 22 holds moisture? Its not my main temp gauge after all.

I went with mesquite last weekend for my butt and ot tasted great. I'm trying to find alder or apple around my way or even mail order?

Any tips or advice on posting pics, Im having some problems My pics are in Photobucket.

Jim, Im at a butt temp of 176 and BBQ temp of 262, It went on at 6.30 this morning. I just put a few more coals in with a couple more chunks of mesquite, I have been working with the vents so the top one wasnt closed for very long. Its a learning experience for sure!! Thanks!!

Thanks Mike, now it's decided to downpour. Southern California with all of our sunshine that we are lucky to get and it rains on the first flight with my 22. My wife is laughing at me....

Chris, Im in the same boat. This is my first cook and the Maverick wont go below 313 but lid temp is constant at 275, hold on my remote just beeped and seemed to reset, now it says bbq temp is 304....

The butt's been on for about an hour now but I cant seem to get the temp below 315, I think I may have loaded up too much on the coals at the start,my chimney was flaming! Hoping that the temp starts to drop soon. All vents are closed and using only a foiled water bowl. This is fun!!

My bad, I found that the bowl sits on the brackets below the lower grate... Thanks

So I was just setting up my 22 for an early start to the butt, I foiled my water bowl and filled the ring with charcoal which seems nice and level but when I put the bowl back on It seems to be resting on the coals and thats with out the added coals from the chimney in the morning. Is this the...

Thanks Kevin, great ideas. The sauce looks beautiful and I could deal with it but not sure about the others. I think Ill make some #5 also, The kitchen smells amazing right now!!

I just made a batch of this for my butt tommorow but Im not sure about it, It's really spicy and I like hot!! Will it tone down a bit when mixed with the meat or could I cut It with another good recommendation?. I dont want to waste it

Thanks Stefan, I'm no stranger to early rises...