Stoker Temp for Pork Shoulder?

[Aaron Buys]

I've now done about 2 cooks with my new Stoker I got for Christmas. I've been setting a target temp of 235 and the unit holds this temp nearly perfectly for 12+ hours before I add any more charcoal. However, my pork shoulders seem to take longer now then when I was "Stoker-less. " I'm assuming its because my smoker was previously seeing larger swings in temperature and therefore cooking the pork more quickly (swings were usually on the hot side=). Those of you cooking pork with a Stoker...what temperature parameters are you setting and how have your cook times been?

Thanks!

 

[LarryR]

225 for me. I'm sure it was the temp swings. If they're taking too long kick the temp up, some of my 225 cooks will go 20 hours. Many guys cook butts at 250 - 275. They're very forgiving.