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Can\'t Find Who Posted This Butt Method-Can U Help?

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Judy Mayberry
Judy Mayberry Posts: 2,015
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
Very recently someone posted in a thread about pork butts how they used a garden saucer under the drip pan instead of a plate setter on their 15-year-old Small BGE. I've searched and searched, and can't find it again.

I tried it with a small 4.3-lb. butt and used a pizza stone on the grid instead of a clay saucer, and it was a breeze.

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I put apple juice and water in the drip pan, used mustard and Coarse Dizzy Dust on the meat.

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Used 225° and 190° internal temps on Grandma Guru.

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It took about 2 hours per lb., and the drip pan was solid char, even though I refilled a couple of times.

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This was so easy I can't think of any reason to go back to the plate setter. I should have put spacers under the drip pan, though, to try to eliminate that bed of char the V-rack was stuck in.

Does anyone know who this old-timer is? I want to give credit where it is due.

Judy
Judy in San Diego

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