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My Butt is really cold
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Dang, never cooked a butt in such cold weather. It's 17 degreees here on Long Island. It took me 20 minutes to blow dry the egg just so I could open the sucker, and then it's been over 3 hours just getting the thing up to 250 degrees! Good thing I'm not trying to serve any food until Saturday!
Seriously, has anyone done a low and slow in such cold weather and did it take so long just to get the thing going?
Seriously, has anyone done a low and slow in such cold weather and did it take so long just to get the thing going?
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I just did a turkey in Waterloo IA on New Years Eve. It was -6 degrees F out and my turkey cooked for 6 hours. Long enough in that temp! It will warm up and once you have it set, it should maintain around the 250 fairly easily with little wind around you.
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Thats what I figured. I have the BBQ Guru set and am going to hit the sack. Well...maybe one more glass of wine beforehand.
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which one do you have for the guru? I am thinking of purchasing one and not sure if it is worth the $
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it was 5 degrees out and I got the egg to pizza temp (600 or so) in about 15 minutes.Bone Daddy's Competition BBQ & Catering
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Should never take that long to get to that temp unless all your vents are blocked with ash.
Outside temp has nothing to do with egg temps. -
I actually cleaned the whole thing out before I got started so I know that isn't a problem.
It's all good, I'll get there... -
I think it's the competitor. I've had it for a couple years now.
I would definitely recommend it on low and slow cooks. -
It took me 20 minutes to blow dry the egg just so I could open the suckercanuckland
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I did 4 butts a few weeks ago...it was -15 when I lit the egg, at around 8 PM. It was -25 when I checked it in the morning. I am definitely going to give the egg more time to settle in when the temps are that cold.
It was 24 when we got up this morning..it's now well below 0 with a nice breeze (20) to keep the bugs off.
This has been one helluva winter already...and it is going to take some time before it's gone.
Bummer!
Rick in Mt. -
Open all vents, run it up to 400 then put in plate setter, close/adjust vents and it will drop to 250 and hold.
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