question on multi butt cooks

fishlessman

this past weekend i cooked 2 9 pound butts side by side on a raised grill, inderect at about 230 F grill temp. when the center of the larger hit 200 i checked the temp in a few places. the sides where the butts were close together (about a half inch separation) were still at 185. for a more uniform cook, do you rotate the meat half way thru the cook, or just leave it alone. i have never cooked multiples before, just one in the center of the grill.

JSlot

I never bother to rotate them and haven't had any problems. I'm cooking 100 lb. of butts this weekend for 300 people. I'll have four (7 lb. avg.) butts each on four large Eggs.[p]Frosty Ones,
Jim

mad max beyond eggdome

JSlot,
dang jim. .. that's a lot of booootttaaaaayyyyy .. ..btw, i was looking at the eggtoberfest reservations and noticed both a jim and a mary slotterback. .. NICE!!! congratulations to both of you. . .

Msmith

JSlot,
How do you position your drip pan to take care of 4 Butts at the same time?

Mark Backer

MSmith,[p]Without knowing, I am guessing that he employs fire bricks instead of the platesetter.[p]Any truth to that?

JSlot

I use a plate setter with a 13" x 9" foil pan as a drip pan, the same as I do for a one or two-butt cook. The edges of the butts hang off, but it really doesn't matter. I cook butts at 250° dome and I rarely ever look at 'em until I think they are close to done. We use the same setup in competition.[p]Jim

JSlot

Addendum: The setup is two butts on top and two on bottom using grid extenders.

JSlot

Thanks, Max!!! It's not official on the Mr. & Mrs. yet, but it will be by then. Mary is due in from Colorado next week and she'll be staying for good this time!! I look forward to seeing ya' in Atlanta!!![p]Frosty Ones!
Jim