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Working on first pork butt... Temperature question

n00b
n00b Posts: 35
in Pork
Working on my first butt. Warming up the egg and can't seem to get the temp from rising. I have the vents almost basically closed. Maybe 3/8" on the bottom and half inch on the smokewear chimney cap. Can I close these off more without running the risk of snuffing the coals?
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,204
    I don't know your target dome temp but I would offer to stabilize around 260-280*f on the dome.  And the dome thermo is calibrated?...With the above target temp you should be at around 1/4" or less on the bottom and I have no clue about the smoke ware cap-but try to match the air flow volume from the intake (aka bottom).  FWIW-
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • R3K
    R3K Posts: 52
    try to keep the lid closed too.  If you're peeking too often, you're just letting in a blast of more oxygen to feed the fire.
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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,458
    Gotta agree with the Cap on this one.  I don't have the SW cap but those sound like wide gaps for a low n slow.  

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