Dale Groetsema
TVWBB Super Fan
I tested out my new "Polder" thermometers over the weekend with two 7 lb butts. Put them on at 7:30pm. Checked temps for a couple hours--holding steady at 260 with one vent open. Called it a night at midnight.
During the night, which was about 35 degrees, it was also windy. This wind stoked the fire and when I got up at 5:30am, one butt registered 200, the other at 191!!
Water pan was sizzling from fat--no water left.
What was normally a 14 hour cook ended up being only 10 hours.
So, as mentioned elsewhere in this website, temp is not as important as wind--at least that is what I found out.
p.s. Butts were still great--easy to pull, and surprisingly not dried out. I had marinated both--one in Coke and the other in apple juice and cider vinegar. Maybe that helped.
Dale
During the night, which was about 35 degrees, it was also windy. This wind stoked the fire and when I got up at 5:30am, one butt registered 200, the other at 191!!
Water pan was sizzling from fat--no water left.
What was normally a 14 hour cook ended up being only 10 hours.
So, as mentioned elsewhere in this website, temp is not as important as wind--at least that is what I found out.
p.s. Butts were still great--easy to pull, and surprisingly not dried out. I had marinated both--one in Coke and the other in apple juice and cider vinegar. Maybe that helped.
Dale