mini overload

tcampbell

Put s 6# picnic shoulder on the mini at 7 am.Going to let her smoke all day at about 250.I filled up to platesetter with lump how long will it go.

R2Egg2Q

Sweet! What kind of lump are you using? If you're using RO I would guess about 6-7 hrs. Something dense like Wicked Good or Fogo, I'd say about 10 hrs at 250.

Brisket_Fanatic

Does the lid even shut?

Basherer

Ive done that with my mini many times.  The biggest I've gotten in there was an alb pork butt, the lid did close, but the temp probe jabbed the meat.   

Im not sure how many long cooks you have done with your mini, but expect to refill the charcoal after about 6 hours. Ive noticed that after several hours once the temp starts to drop and opening the vents doesn't bring the temp back up, all the charcoal in the middle was gone and the sides were barely burning.

tcampbell

Yes it will shut. Thanks everyone. I'm using bge lump.I won a bag

RRP

Basherer said:

Ive done that with my mini many times.  The biggest I've gotten in there was an alb pork butt, the lid did close, but the temp probe jabbed the meat.   

very simple solution is to remove that blasted spring inside the dome that is gripping the thermometer, turn around and throw said spring in the trash and from then on just pull out the thermometer, close dome, re-insert thermometer. You don't need that spring - gravity will keep it in the dome.