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I did ribs and a butt this weekend for my block party. I put the butt on at midnight. Using the minion I had temps around 180 buy 1AM and went to bed. I got up at 7am and the temp was 212F. Went back to bed. At 9am the temp was 214F at the grate. At 1030 I opened the vents to raise temp. At 11am the temp was 225 and I moved the butt to the bottom and put 6 racks of BB's on top. It got very windy out and my temps went down to 190. By 3pm the temps were only 199F. I added a chimney of lit coals at this time and the temps went to 214F at 4:30. At 6pm I took off two racks and served. Two more 20 minutes later and the last two at 7pm. By this time the temps were around 220F. All were great and some comments were "these are the best ribs I ever had", "If you were a woman I would marry you", " I think I'm in love". Hmmm, the grate temps never went above 220F and much of the time were below 200F. The butt was back on top at 7pm and came off at 8pm with internal temps between 194 and 199F. It was really good. I served on buns with coleslaw. Up here on LI no one ever had that. It was well enjoyed, though some were sceptical of putting slaw on the bun, they tried it and liked it.
I found out a couple of things. Wind really lowers burn time. In the backyard I keep the WSM in an outdoor shower so there is no wind. I did a 23 hour burn over 210F on one heaping mound of kingsford in that location. For the party I put the WSM in the front yard. It got a little windy and my burn time was 15 hours at lower temps. When I added coal I noticed there was much unburned coal. I have not had that problem in the backyard. Why would the wind prevent coals from burning? I would think the oppisite.
I found out a couple of things. Wind really lowers burn time. In the backyard I keep the WSM in an outdoor shower so there is no wind. I did a 23 hour burn over 210F on one heaping mound of kingsford in that location. For the party I put the WSM in the front yard. It got a little windy and my burn time was 15 hours at lower temps. When I added coal I noticed there was much unburned coal. I have not had that problem in the backyard. Why would the wind prevent coals from burning? I would think the oppisite.