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Lowest Temp
Something I have never attempted but curious about...what is the lowest temp maintainable using a direct setup (lowered grid an without platesetter) with the Dig Q?
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I have held 200 for an overnight butt cook.
But I have have been wondering the same question as I have a friend who runs a BBQ joint in Texas and cooks his briskest at 180 and was thinking about trying the approach the next time I do a brisket.
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Okay-no attachments but if you fire it up (LBGE) bottom dead center or so you can run around 200*F for the duration of sobriety. I've smoked jalas for chilpotles (pecan wood) for 14+ hours keeping the alcohol consumption at a steady pace but not overpowering. YMMV-Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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180 is the lowest I have been able to hold.
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Mkline said:I have held 200 for an overnight butt cook. But I have have been wondering the same question as I have a friend who runs a BBQ joint in Texas and cooks his briskest at 180 and was thinking about trying the approach the next time I do a brisket. :-?Does he go direct or indirect?
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He goes direct.
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Direct and if you run too fast you can get overpwered. When messing around at the lower end of the LBGE temperature spectrum I try (key word) to not get overcome too early in the adventure but sometimes I will "declare victory" and move on. >-Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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I've held 175 - 180 for loooong periods of time.
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So out of curiosity, how does he reach his target temp? I know his target has gotta be higher than 180. Does he up the temp at the end of the cook?Mkline said:I have held 200 for an overnight butt cook.
But I have have been wondering the same question as I have a friend who runs a BBQ joint in Texas and cooks his briskest at 180 and was thinking about trying the approach the next time I do a brisket.
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I can maintain mine at 90 to 100 for atleast five days.I grill therefore I am.....not hungy.
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ribmaster said:I can maintain mine at 90 to 100 for atleast five days.
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I've never heard of anyone cooking brisket at 180. I don't know of anyone who cooks them to less than 190-200. Hard to get there when you are cooking at 180. What's the bbq joint?Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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ribmaster said:I can maintain mine at 90 to 100 for atleast five days.The Naked Whiz
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What's the reasoning behind wanting to go so low and direct at the same time?
I've held 145 for a few hours, then 150 for an hour, then 160 for an hour using an Auber, but it was indirect. I was smoking sausage and ramping up ten degrees every hour.
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have held 145 direct with jerkey hanging from a raised grid for several hours with no devices. trick is to use a small amount of small pieces of lump from a previous cook. the small pieces help to clog the airholes reducing airflow. have also done the same in my small cooking ribs at 200 all day, whatyou find with direct cooks is that you can really reduce how much lump you start out with which helps get more distance between the fire and the food, you can cook ribs for 7 or more hours with less than 2 inches of lump, just make sure the lump pieces are small so they contact each other in as many places as possible, that helps the fire stay burning. there are other seyups that will let you cold smoke with an egg, you didnt really say how low or what your trying to do
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fishlessman said:have held 145 direct with jerkey hanging from a raised grid for several hours with no devices. trick is to use a small amount of small pieces of lump from a previous cook. the small pieces help to clog the airholes reducing airflow. have also done the same in my small cooking ribs at 200 all day, whatyou find with direct cooks is that you can really reduce how much lump you start out with which helps get more distance between the fire and the food, you can cook ribs for 7 or more hours with less than 2 inches of lump, just make sure the lump pieces are small so they contact each other in as many places as possible, that helps the fire stay burning. there are other seyups that will let you cold smoke with an egg, you didnt really say how low or what your trying to do
Steve
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150 degrees at the grid with a dig q. Have done 140 before but it was not as stable for a long period. This is on the x-large and I usually do jerky for 11-13 hours.
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Nick2cd said:
I have held 200 for an overnight butt cook. But I have have been wondering the same question as I have a friend who runs a BBQ joint in Texas and cooks his briskest at 180 and was thinking about trying the approach the next time I do a brisket. :-?
So out of curiosity, how does he reach his target temp? I know his target has gotta be higher than 180. Does he up the temp at the end of the cook?
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