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Question about seesaw temp while smoking butts

cockstrimsky
cockstrimsky Posts: 3
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
Went to bed after two butts had been on for about an hour, grate temp per ET-73 was 240. Six hours later when I got up grate temp was at 151, quickly got it back to 230.

Any thoughts on how the butts will come out, all else being equal?
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  • Fornia
    Fornia Posts: 451
    Do you know the internal temp of the Butts?
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  • stike
    stike Posts: 15,597
    Internal isn't the issue. Bacteria are Exteria.

    Surface of the butt was (based on the evidence) never under 140. Surface is where the dangerous bacteria would be if they were there.
    ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
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  • egret
    egret Posts: 4,181
    They'll be great! No problem with the temp. getting too low! It's the surface temp. getting below 140* that you need to be concerned with.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,891
    your on tract, might just take a little longer. did the maverick lose connection and the low temp alarm not go off, i know ive forgotten to turn the sound on for the alarm on that thing
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • cockstrimsky
    cockstrimsky Posts: 3
    Thanks for all the responses.

    As to internal temp, it was 79 when I went to bed, 130 when I woke up. Now at about 142.

    Have no reason to believe surface temp was ever below 140 except when immedimately put on the egg after injection/rub.

    Did not set low temp alarm. Frankly, I wanted to see what would happen with the fire. I have been a WSM man for years with many overnight cooks, just got the egg and these are my first butts. Thought I had it settled in nice at 240 when I went to bed, obviously not, need more practice....
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,891
    i like to set the low alarm around 190 and the high around 280, seems to be close enough to cook overnight and it usually wont set the alarms off
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • stike
    stike Posts: 15,597
    If I am cooking a butt for 'us' (just the family), I will dial her in to 250 and go to bed reasonably sure it will be ok. But if you want to be sure there are no issues, you can manage by checking it once during the night. No need to get up every hour.

    Say you toss it on at 10 or 11pm, hit the sack at 11 or 12. Just get up
    Four hours later for a quick check. Then check again four hours later when you get up.

    Even if it magically went out the second you went to bed ( or back to bed), it couldn't spend more than 4 hours in the so-called danger zone
    ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
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  • Hungry Joe
    Hungry Joe Posts: 1,579
    FWIW doing butts I like to work with a dome temp instead of a grate temp. I keep that around 250.
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  • BENTE
    BENTE Posts: 8,337
    i think you will be fine..

    happy eggin

    TB

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