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BBQ Guru - Butts - HELP!!

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ArchDeluxe
ArchDeluxe Posts: 31
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So at last check, dome to was 226 at 4:45. Just woke up at 6:45 and the guru fan had fallen off and the dome temp was 190. Have I lost the fire and need to throw these butts in the oven? I plugged the fan back up and the temp went Dow to 186. Now 190 again. Should I be good to go??
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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
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    Nothing to worry about; as long as you've still got a fire!
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    Well, "spa-Peggy" is kind of like spaghetti. I'm not sure what Peggy does different, if anything. But it's the one dish she's kind of made her own.
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    Aurora, Ontario, Canada
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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
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    What size butt and when were you planning to serve?
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    Well, "spa-Peggy" is kind of like spaghetti. I'm not sure what Peggy does different, if anything. But it's the one dish she's kind of made her own.
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    Aurora, Ontario, Canada
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  • Boatdrinks
    Boatdrinks Posts: 11
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    As the previous reply, if you have fire, add air and it will come back up. I am completing an overnight with no guru fan and my temp dropped to 100 around 5am, adjusted the daisy wheel and opened the bottom vent  a bit and the temp came back up to my desired 250 within the hour.

    No sweat with the BGE!
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  • Amphiman
    Amphiman Posts: 11
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    I'm cooking a 13 pound butt at the moment. My temp was down to 195 at 8:00 am. I was low on fuel and had to reload and relit a small area with my looftlighter. At 9:00 it was back to 250 deg. I bought a Turbo Grate and it seems it runs a litter hotter than the standard grate.
    Morse Lake - Indianapolis, IN    Large BGE + Cyber-Q
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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
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    What is your IT and what time are you planning to serve?
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    Well, "spa-Peggy" is kind of like spaghetti. I'm not sure what Peggy does different, if anything. But it's the one dish she's kind of made her own.
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    Aurora, Ontario, Canada
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  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
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    ArchDeluxe said:
    So at last check, dome to was 226 at 4:45. Just woke up at 6:45 and the guru fan had fallen off and the dome temp was 190. Have I lost the fire and need to throw these butts in the oven? I plugged the fan back up and the temp went Dow to 186. Now 190 again. Should I be good to go??
    You probably have this figured out by now, but if the temp started back up, you have a fire and you should be good to go.  If you start running out of time, you can crank the temp up to 275 with no ill effects to finish them off.  Butts are very forgiving.

    One other note - I presume that the guru has a temp probe for the grill.  Do you have it clipped to the grid or up inside on the thermometer?  I always put mine on the grid and shoot for 225 (for butts), as you did.
    (now only 16 stone)

    Joule SV
    GE induction stove
    Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
    Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
    Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
    Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
    Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
    Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

    Austin, TX
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