James Harvey
TVWBB Pro
And I started with a pun.
My worst was simple wind. Went to bed at 1am with a butt at the cottage at 245 lid, starry sky, no wind.
Woke at 6am to a beautiful sunrise and gale winds blowing sand everywhere. Lid temp was 170 and dropping. Had no idea what to do as my deck was fully exposed. Closed the 2 wind side vents, lit a full chimney in the garage (door open) and ran it out and dumped it after removing the body (lots of fuel left in the ring, started minion).
Temp did not rise.
Furniture was blowing around and the WSM was chugging to stay at 170.
Called it a day, foiled the butt and finished it in the oven. No bark, not a bad smoke flavour and ended up with a traditional pulling.
My issue was that I did not finish on the smoker. Seems minor but, for those that have been there, it's always an emotional failure if you can't finish on the smoker.
James
My worst was simple wind. Went to bed at 1am with a butt at the cottage at 245 lid, starry sky, no wind.
Woke at 6am to a beautiful sunrise and gale winds blowing sand everywhere. Lid temp was 170 and dropping. Had no idea what to do as my deck was fully exposed. Closed the 2 wind side vents, lit a full chimney in the garage (door open) and ran it out and dumped it after removing the body (lots of fuel left in the ring, started minion).
Temp did not rise.
Furniture was blowing around and the WSM was chugging to stay at 170.
Called it a day, foiled the butt and finished it in the oven. No bark, not a bad smoke flavour and ended up with a traditional pulling.
My issue was that I did not finish on the smoker. Seems minor but, for those that have been there, it's always an emotional failure if you can't finish on the smoker.
James