1st Overnight

madranch

Not much for pics, sorry but it really did happen.

Fifth cook on my fathers day present. I've done grill stuff burgers, steak, etc. It's a really neat grill but in the end it's a grill. Time to see if this thing can replace my stick burner.

Friday night I fired up the egg about 8:30pm took about an hour to get it stable at 250 grill height temp, put a 9lb butt on, grill height temp dropped 50 degrees immediately so I spent the next 1 1/2 hours chasing the temp. Should have just left it alone. After getting the vents back to where I started temp was 249 at 11pm. Pulled the butt off at 8am grill height temp was 251 butt temp was 203. Just for grins I let the egg run until noon, you guessed it grill height temp 249.

Lessons learned:

1) Set it and forget it. Don't chase the temperature. I've read that on here but seeing is believing.

2) Anywhere between 200 and 350 the dome temp is a nice linear 50 degrees higher than grill height temp (with the woo2).

I've run an offset stick burner for 15 years, gave up on brisket about 14 years ago. I never could get the temp control down for the time needed. With this thing I'm going back to brisket:)

Quandary:

What am I going to do with my 500+ pound stick burner that I've moved from Texas to California (lost my mind for a couple of years) back to Texas. I'm too attached to it to sell it, kinda big for a bird feeder, too tall for a water trough, maybe I can put it in the shop and vent outside use it for a heater. I don't know I'll figure something out.

THEBuckeye

Storage for your Eggsessories, lump, chunks and chips, etc. 

Dondgc

@madranch - don't throw away the stick burner.  You will find plenty of ideas for cooking with it if you follow some of the members of the forum. Be sure to post pics when you try your hand at brisket again.

madranch

Stick burner's not going anywhere:) Summer of 2000 my metal shop was really slow. Decided to have them make a smoker instead of laying one of them off. Damn thing probably cost me $10K in labor. 15 years later 8 of the 9 still work for me. Loyalty starts at the top. Worth every penny.

madranch

I just could never cook a brisket on it:)