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Longer cook for more meat?

I'm cooking a 17 lb brisket and two 7 lb pork butts on Friday. Planning a long low and slow on the LBGE using an AR. Figured 225 for 20+ hours for the brisket so it's ready for lunch Saturday. Not going to turbo the butts since there's a brisket on the egg so planning to low and slow those with the brisket. Will the extra meats add to the total cook time? Separate meats so I'm thinking the extra meat won't matter. One big piece of meat would be different. 

I'm using a Stoker so temp control won't be an issue. Filling the lump to the max so it doesn't run out. I can bump the temp in the morning if needed.
Aledo, Texas
Large BGE
KJ Jr.

Exodus 12:9 KJV
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

Comments

  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,228
    Extra meat won't matter as long as there is some air space between the hunks of meat. Make sure you are fully loaded with coal before you start. It takes a little more fire to hit your target temp when you have that much cold meat on the egg. And be aware of the possibility of a big cold hunk of meat affecting your dome thermometer reading. This is one of the rare cooks where I would use a thermometer at grate level. 

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
    Thanks Foghorn. I run a dome probe and a grate probe so I can keep an eye on both. May switch it to dual grate probes for this cook.
    Aledo, Texas
    Large BGE
    KJ Jr.

    Exodus 12:9 KJV
    Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

  • Tinyfish
    Tinyfish Posts: 1,755
    Should not be much longer then normal.