Mike Carter
New member
I've smoked several pork butt's with very good success in the past several months. Most I've done is (2) 5lb butts at a time on the top grate. Haven't used the lower grate yet. I believe that smoke was around 8-9 hours if I remember correctly, about exactly what it should have been.
My question is on this pork butt smoke, I'm going to have again (2) 5lb butts on the but this time, I'm going to have (2) 7-8lb butts on the lower rack. Will this significantley affect the cook time? Or should the 5lb butts still be done in around the same amount of time with the bigger butt's finishing up behind them?
I guess my main question is if adding more butts/pounds to the smoker will affect the individual butt's cooking times of 1 1/2 hrs - 2hrs per pound?
To make things more complicated, I'm going to be using a foiled clay saucer for the first time on this cook in lieu of water. I don't think this should make any difference other than maybe having trouble keeping the spikes down?
My question is on this pork butt smoke, I'm going to have again (2) 5lb butts on the but this time, I'm going to have (2) 7-8lb butts on the lower rack. Will this significantley affect the cook time? Or should the 5lb butts still be done in around the same amount of time with the bigger butt's finishing up behind them?
I guess my main question is if adding more butts/pounds to the smoker will affect the individual butt's cooking times of 1 1/2 hrs - 2hrs per pound?
To make things more complicated, I'm going to be using a foiled clay saucer for the first time on this cook in lieu of water. I don't think this should make any difference other than maybe having trouble keeping the spikes down?