John Beaulieu
TVWBB Member
Good morning Folks!
It's now 9:45am EST and I am in the middle of my first 8lb butt overnight cook. I was a little hesitant to do it, but after reading all the info you all have provided, I jumped in head first.
I loaded my WSM with about 10 lbs of old KF I found at Wal-Mart last night. Topped that off with 1/2 chimney of hot coals, and 5 chunks of apple wood. It was a mild night (40's) with little wind, so my cooker came up to 250 very quickly. After watching it for about 45 minutes, I closed the dampers to 1/4, and went nighty night at 11pm.
This morning I woke up around 6 and checked my cooker. The temp had fallen to 200, so I stirred up the coals, which brought it back in no time. I inserted my remote therm and got a reading of 145 after roughly 7 hours.
I have since reloaded the coals and it's cruising along at 250 again. I have closed down 2 dampers completely so I can get the temp to slow down a little. I have left one damper 1/4 open.
When I checked the fuel this morning, it looked like the burn was a little uneven. The coals were mostly gone near one of the vents, which leads me to believe the prevailing breeze last night was from the NW where the vent was facing.
I'm shooting for completion at 4:30-5:00 with a 1 hour rest period in foil inside a cooler.
How am I doing so far? I know all you experts can't wait to jump in on something like this, so your advice and critiques will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks to all
John
It's now 9:45am EST and I am in the middle of my first 8lb butt overnight cook. I was a little hesitant to do it, but after reading all the info you all have provided, I jumped in head first.
I loaded my WSM with about 10 lbs of old KF I found at Wal-Mart last night. Topped that off with 1/2 chimney of hot coals, and 5 chunks of apple wood. It was a mild night (40's) with little wind, so my cooker came up to 250 very quickly. After watching it for about 45 minutes, I closed the dampers to 1/4, and went nighty night at 11pm.
This morning I woke up around 6 and checked my cooker. The temp had fallen to 200, so I stirred up the coals, which brought it back in no time. I inserted my remote therm and got a reading of 145 after roughly 7 hours.
I have since reloaded the coals and it's cruising along at 250 again. I have closed down 2 dampers completely so I can get the temp to slow down a little. I have left one damper 1/4 open.
When I checked the fuel this morning, it looked like the burn was a little uneven. The coals were mostly gone near one of the vents, which leads me to believe the prevailing breeze last night was from the NW where the vent was facing.
I'm shooting for completion at 4:30-5:00 with a 1 hour rest period in foil inside a cooler.
How am I doing so far? I know all you experts can't wait to jump in on something like this, so your advice and critiques will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks to all
John