Butts & Brisket, Advice Needed

Braddog

So, based on my recent success wtih brisket my wife has volunteered me to cook brisket & pork butt for her office picnic on Friday. This won't be the only meat provided at the picnic, so I'm not trying to feed everyone. [p]However, I'm wondering if I can do a couple of flats and a couple of butts at the same time. If so, which would you put on the raised grid and what kind of total time am I looking at if each of the 4 pieces were in the 5-7 lb. range?[p]Thanks in advance for any advice,
Braddog

Braddog

Guess I should mention that I'm cooking on a Large BGE.[p]Braddog

stike

Braddog,
time won't be very different, as long as the meat isn't crammed together.[p]hopefully someone will post a pic of the setup (usually butts on a raised grid over brisket, barrier below that)

dhuffjr

stike,
I didn't take pictures but I've cooked one or two butts on the grid extender over a packer brisket.

Unknown

<p />stike,

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<p />Old Dave,[p]2butts & 4 small flats

fishlessman

<p />Braddog,
there is a paella pan on the bottom that i used for the inderect setup that sat on a couple of fire bricks. the cook will be similar in times to what your setup and temps generally take, briskets on this cook were 12 hours, pork butts 14 hours. this is a more frustrating cook than just doing a couple of butts or a brisket, the coldness of the meat fools the thermometer readings and there is not a place in there to take an actual temp reading for the first half of the cook til the meats get up in temp, also as the meat shrinks the air flow increases and changes to vent settings need to be made as the cook progresses. not much sleep during one of these cooks and i believe a guru would toast the meat chasing false temp readings so this cook gets done more by feel and experience. these were all about 8 pound pieces, the butt needed to be boneless and shaped to fit with this setup. 2 flats and 2 butts[p]

Braddog

Thanks for all the advice. I'll probably be pretty selective when picking out the meat so that it all fits while allowing decent airflow, even if that means that I need smaller pieces.[p]I don't have a guru (yet) so I don't sleep much when doing an over nighter anyway.[p]I'll take a few before, during & after pics and keep you all posted on how it goes.[p]Regards,
Braddog