Amount of charcoal burn, normally, for butts?

[DavidD]

how much charcoal do you normal need to perform a 10 hour butt cook? I tend to buy 20 lb bags and have a weber chimney and was wondering how much burn to expect in the WSM

 

[Don Irish]

Using the clay saucer full of sand, full ring, MM start lasts me plenty long for a butt cook.

 

[Ed Rosenberger]

I will use a full ring on a 16 hour cook. Sometimes, I will need to add a hand full to the coals at the end.

 

[LarryR]

As Don said depends on your heat sink and also what kind of charcoal you're using. I can get 24 hours out of a full ring of Rancher w/a clay saucer. I'd fill her to the top then shut down all your vents when you're done and re-use what you don't today.

 

[DavidD]

just to clarify, in terms of how much charcoal a full ring is???? How many lbs is that, or perhaps another way, how many cooks with a 20 lb bag of kingsford?

The rings are pretty big, so i'm assuming you could cook two times, for butts, with a 20 lb bag.

 

[KenP]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Davidd:
just to clarify, in terms of how much charcoal a full ring is???? How many lbs is that, or perhaps another way, how many cooks with a 20 lb bag of kingsford?

The rings are pretty big, so i'm assuming you could cook two times, for butts, with a 20 lb bag. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>It holds about 9 lbs of K. I just loaded mine with 1 1/2 small bags.

I'll use 10-12 bricks in the chimney to start. After 12-14 hours I'll have to add some coal.

 

[Robert Oleksak]

I would have to agree with KenP thats abut average for me too.

 

[KenP]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Robert Oleksak:
I would have to agree with KenP thats abut average for me too. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Thanks but I'm an idiot. The small bags I used were 9lbs, so it holds about 13lbs.

I'm chugging along at about 235* right now with one vent just cracked open. I'll probably have to open it a bit more before hitting the sack.

 

[Steve Forwe]

Just did a two butt smoke Friday night. I filled the charcoal ring with Kinsford. Maybe even a little rounded at the top. Butts reach 190 at the 15 hr mark. I kept the temp at 250 at the lid the entire time. Just for grins I left it alone after I pulled the meat just to get an idea how much longer it would go. The temp didn't start falling untill the 19 hr mark. I use the clay saucer.