Friends,
Thank you all for the excellent information here on the board. All my cooks have been improved because of what I've read here. Now the question:
Very soon I'll be cooking 4 or 5 butts for a meal at my church. I'm very comfortable with the WSM for any amount of ribs or chicken and also for 1 butt. I'm not worried at all about multiple butts, but I do have an issue.
My single butts have done well temp wise for as long as I've needed it, 12+ hours. I am prepared to do this feed for 20-24 hours, starting Tuesday afternoon for a Wednesday 6 pm feed. I don't like to do things ahead of time; I like food hot off the grill. That means I'll need to sustain 250 (with a pit minder) for up to 24 hours. I have the MM down pat, but what exactly do you do to keep that temp for 10 or 12 hours past the initial MM? Is it simply a matter of adding more lbs of unlit coals to the WSM? Should I take off the sections for a few minutes and stir things up and then add coals? Should any of them be lit or unlit? You get the picture: how do you push the MM out to outrageous lengths?
I'm the pastor, so it's important my Q be heavenly! Any and all suggestions will be appreciated, as always.
Thank you all for the excellent information here on the board. All my cooks have been improved because of what I've read here. Now the question:
Very soon I'll be cooking 4 or 5 butts for a meal at my church. I'm very comfortable with the WSM for any amount of ribs or chicken and also for 1 butt. I'm not worried at all about multiple butts, but I do have an issue.
My single butts have done well temp wise for as long as I've needed it, 12+ hours. I am prepared to do this feed for 20-24 hours, starting Tuesday afternoon for a Wednesday 6 pm feed. I don't like to do things ahead of time; I like food hot off the grill. That means I'll need to sustain 250 (with a pit minder) for up to 24 hours. I have the MM down pat, but what exactly do you do to keep that temp for 10 or 12 hours past the initial MM? Is it simply a matter of adding more lbs of unlit coals to the WSM? Should I take off the sections for a few minutes and stir things up and then add coals? Should any of them be lit or unlit? You get the picture: how do you push the MM out to outrageous lengths?
I'm the pastor, so it's important my Q be heavenly! Any and all suggestions will be appreciated, as always.