Longest unattended cook yet (for me)

Cornbread Willy

Bought a monster pork butt at my butcher - 10.5 lbs boneless - on Saturday afternoon. Fired up the Egg at about 5:00 in the afternoon and had a nice steady indirect set-up going by 5:30. Headed over to a friend's house for dinner at about 7 - when I left things were going great and I planned to check when I got home. Let's just say I was a tad "overserved" and dinner and conked out on the couch when I got home (forgetting to check on the butt). Woke up (with a headache) to the baby crying at 6 AM - thought "Oh Sh#t" and went running out to the patio. Nobody had LAID EYES on the Egg for 11 hours! I was stunned to find a little wisp of blue smoke coming out of the top and the temp gauge locked right on at 235. Internal probe read 160. I didn't have to do a thing! Took it off at 2 pm with an internal of 193, wrapped in foil, coolered the beast and had some hellaciously good eats for dinner. Foodsaved the considerable leftovers and will be toting them to the beach next week.[p]They certainly don't all go this well, so I must have been living right last week.

gdenby

Cornbread Willy,[p]Good fortune! If all the cooks could go so well. I've gotten better at even fires, but still rouse myself just to be sure a gremlin hasn't gotten to the coals. [p]gdenby

Darnoc

Cornbread Willy,
Good for you.You had yourself a good fire.I always start out fresh on a long one,Fresh large hunks on the bottom and gradually build your way up and never any neeed to worry.