Can you fit 8 butts on a 22.5

[Bobby Brown]

Has anyone tried to fit 8 8lbs. pork shoulders on a 22.5 wsm, and if so how long was the cook?

 

[Glenn W]

Sure have: http://tvwbb.com/eve/forums/a/...80069052/m/535105666

Cook time is the same as 1 shoulder once your up to your cook temp. The come up time is slower, lot of mass. I would highly recommend a dry foiled pan with this much meat or at least a clay saucer!

 

[Bobby Brown]

Whats the deal with a dry foiled pan if you do not mind me asking. Is it to keep the heat up, or for the longer burn? Thanks for the response also, i love this site.

 

[Glenn W]

Any no water method will save you fuel. You can't get water hotter than 212 so to keep a cooker at cook temps your spending your fuel on keeping the water hot. If you are new to the WSM vent controls and were only doing 1-2 hunks of meat water would be fine but with that much meat it acts like the heat sink instead of the water. Water will keep you from running to hot but so will that much meat. Start with 1/2-2/3 chimney of lit and when your temp hits 200 cut the bottoms back to 25% and watch for an hour and adjust only slightly if needed.

 

[Walter Eugene BrookerJr.]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Bobby Brown:
Has anyone tried to fit 8 8lbs. pork shoulders on a 22.5 wsm, and if so how long was the cook? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yep got 8 butts on my 22 1/2 WSM took 12 hrs at 250 degrees .