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Butt nearing end..
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Prolly need to add some lump.....
Atlanta, Ga. LBGE and Mini BGE
Wants: More time and beer.....
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That's what I'm thinking. You're running out of fuel.I cook. I eat. I repeat. Thornville, Ohio
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Sounds like you didn't start with enough lump and the fire has had it. Would be my guess anyway. You could crank up the oven to and finish in there (at this point, it wan't hurt the butt at all), but since you're almost done anyway, the 215° should do it. If you add more lump, you have to wait until that nasty smoke clears. If 215 doesn't do it, use the oven.It'll be fine. Hard to screw up a butt.
I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
MichaelCentral Connecticut -
IIt'll be fine. Hard to screw up a butt
agree with Carolina except...
Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN -
Thanks all!Glad I bought that PSWoo, makes taking everything out and checking the lump so easy.So all the lump on the grate was finished, there was some lump left on the sides.. stirred that up and added a bit more, and used my MAPP torch to relight. Then I put everything back in.So I've set the cyberq grate temp a bit higher.. up to 240. Hopefully that gets me to the end zone soonish
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Bump it up to 3-350°. will finish quicker and won't hurt a thing. Hopefully, that smoke won't either. The higher temp will be fine.Next time, load the lump about halfway up the fire ring.
I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
MichaelCentral Connecticut -
Carolina Q said:Bump it up to 3-350°. will finish quicker and won't hurt a thing. Hopefully, that smoke won't either. The higher temp will be fine.Next time, load the lump about halfway up the fire ring.Thanks for the feedback!
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miguelramosv said:I had the lump loaded all the way to the ring! shall i try going further next time?Might be the brand of lump you're using. Some burns faster than others. Pretty sure the pic below was Wicked Good. Butt took about 18 hours. the center pic was what it looked like the next morning after the fire was out. The pic on the right was after stirring for the next cook.
I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
MichaelCentral Connecticut -
Carolina Q said:miguelramosv said:I had the lump loaded all the way to the ring! shall i try going further next time?Might be the brand of lump you're using. Some burns faster than others. Pretty sure the pic below was Wicked Good. Butt took about 18 hours. the center pic was what it looked like the next morning after the fire was out. The pic on the right was after stirring for the next cook.Definitely seems like less was consumed. I'm using royal oak... I do have a high-q grate though
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RO burns faster than WG. Not sure the hi-q would make a difference. If you have it stabilized at whatever temp, air is coming in through the CyberQ and the fire grate shouldn't matter.That said, I have used RO lots of times for butts (stock grate) and have never had a problem. There is always less lump left at the end though. Just go halfway up the fire ring with RO next time.
I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
MichaelCentral Connecticut -
Same thing happened to me on my first butt today. I'm used to 6 hour cooks not 12. Just added more and foiled an hour earlier than planned, when I added the additional lump.
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