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But Up or Down?

cowtownegg
cowtownegg Posts: 2
edited May 2012 in EggHead Forum
Doing my first all niter with a 9 lb. butt.  I've cooked many of these before but this is my first on the egg. I've always done fat side up before but what about in the Egg?
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  • Mthomp13
    Mthomp13 Posts: 24
    I do mine with the fat side down. I am sure other people will say fat side up. It is each persons personal opinion.
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  • jjmills
    jjmills Posts: 117
    I also do mine fat cap down.  I'm not sure if it makes any difference.
     LG. BGE  Straight up Cheese head from Little Chute, WI
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,987
    No difference with the cook but of late I go fat side down so that should anything stick to the grate it's the fat cap.  Personal preference for sure, especially if you really trim it up (which I don't do).
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • Hi54putty
    Hi54putty Posts: 1,873
    I trim the fat off to allow for more bark. Just finished eating one for dinner. Fantastic as usual.
    XL,L,S 
    Winston-Salem, NC 
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  • BOWHUNR
    BOWHUNR Posts: 1,487
    I trim the fat off to allow for more bark. Just finished eating one for dinner. Fantastic as usual.
    Agreed 100%.  Trim that nasty stuff off for more bark.  It does nothing to moisten the pork as some believe.  It just melts away into the drip pan and prevents bark from forming.

    Mike

    I'm ashamed what I did for a Klondike Bar!!

    Omaha, NE
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