Paul McBride
TVWBB Member
OK, up since 5 (on a weekend, no less), and am off and running with three firsts:
1) First Boston Butt: after I got it rubbed last night (Mr. Brown), man did it look great;
2) First Minion method: so far, so good. It's 7:45, the temp seems to be holding steady at 245*. Thanks, Jim!
3) First time sand instead of water: Again, temp control no problem so far.
At around 11:00, four rack of baby backs are going on too.
One quick question, tho: When using sand, given that there will be some head radiating off the foil on the water pan, should I shoot for a lower overall temp? The butt is on the bottom rack (in anticipation of those ribs going on in 3 or 4 hours), and I don't want to over-do my butt because of the aluminum foil.
1) First Boston Butt: after I got it rubbed last night (Mr. Brown), man did it look great;
2) First Minion method: so far, so good. It's 7:45, the temp seems to be holding steady at 245*. Thanks, Jim!
3) First time sand instead of water: Again, temp control no problem so far.
At around 11:00, four rack of baby backs are going on too.
One quick question, tho: When using sand, given that there will be some head radiating off the foil on the water pan, should I shoot for a lower overall temp? The butt is on the bottom rack (in anticipation of those ribs going on in 3 or 4 hours), and I don't want to over-do my butt because of the aluminum foil.
