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geeez - talk about a turbo butt!!!

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RRP
RRP Posts: 25,888
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
long story - but here I sit with a turbo butt already at 137 only 3 hours into an overnighter! Crap, double crap and TRIPLE CRAP! I even wonder if my BBQ Guru has gone nuts!
Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,888
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    Even my Thermapen has confirmed that the temp the Guru says as well as the back up Thermoworks thermometer and my Tel-Tru dome thermometer - WHAT is this butt? a hog killed at a drag race?
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,888
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    now 162!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • Spring Chicken
    Spring Chicken Posts: 10,255
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    You're good. Maybe it was in 'high gear' (always wanted to say "Get your butt in high gear")

    Don't worry, it just reached 'plateau' and will percolate for a few hours before taking off again. Get some sleep.

    Spring "Turbo Plumbing Checker" Chicken
    Spring Texas USA
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,888
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    now 165 so I guess it finally hit the wall...but I didn't plan to pull it until 7:30 tonight for class! Guess it's off to the store for another at day break! That better be the other leg of that speed demon!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
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    Hey get yer butt outta gear. :ermm:
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  • Ripnem
    Ripnem Posts: 5,511
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    Ron,

    Perfect example for class.... You just never know what your going to get. Now you could do one at a higher temp and do a taste test.
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  • NC-CDN
    NC-CDN Posts: 703
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    If ever I feel it has gone a bit quick and need to slow things down I just turn down the temp controller. Sometimes I need to do it quicker and turn it up. Butts always turn out good.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,888
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    actually I shut the guru off at 4:15 our time this morning - by 8 AM the butt was 173 and the dome was 210. I turned it back on then and set for 225 - right now the butt has reached 188, but the ramp mode has kicked on so I hope I can coast for a while yet to 200 later this afternoon.
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
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    What do you think. Three more hours with ramp mode on? Tim
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,888
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    That's what I am hoping for then foil it, wrap in towels and into a tightly sealed small cooler. It was worked for me before and has stayed nice and hot for 4 hours that way. Just hoping the BBQ gods are smiling :) at me today considering one must have been angry :evil: during the night!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • Spring Chicken
    Spring Chicken Posts: 10,255
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    Unless it's a small butt you can probably go 5 hours in the cooler. I've actually had two 8-pounders double-wrapped in foil and heavy towels in my cooler for 6 hours and it was still so hot I could hardly pull it even wearing gloves.

    My last brisket flat was cooking too fast so I just slowed the Guru down to 200° and let it perkolate. I figure I extended the cook time by two to three hours doing it that way.

    Spring "Slow Down, You Cook Too Fast" Chicken
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  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
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    I cooked an 8 lb butt the other day and it went 16 hours with the ramp mode on and when I checked it with the thermapen I found a muscle group that was still 190° and the rest was 205°. Well I pulled it and double wrapped in hdaf and towels and socked it in a cooler and gave it to my neighbor. She paid for it and I smoked it for her. Now I want to ask you would you have left it in the egg longer? Tim :)
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  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
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    Here is a pic of it.

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,888
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    I probably would have done the same as you!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • toothpick
    toothpick Posts: 154
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    I'm relatively new at this, so perhaps this was a bad move food-safety wise, but it all seemed to turn out ok.

    I had a butt on Saturday night that cooked too quickly. After wrapping it in foil and towels I stuck it in a cooler for 4 hours. Next I put it in the oven still wrapped in foil for 5 hours at 180f and finally pulled it for supper. It all turned out great.
    www.grillknuckles.com
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  • PhilsGrill
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    Should be ready about 11 tonight! Yum, yum!!!
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