Anybody ever make this mistake...

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Last night, I clean out my Egg and remove the firebox, grate, and fire-ring and generally get things ready to do an all-nighter with a 7.25 lb. pork picnic shoulder roast for pulled pork later today with the family.[p]Now this is the second time for me to cook pulled pork, so I figure I better refer to the Naked Whiz's site for very good directions. This completed, I reassemble the Egg, add a couple chunks of hickory lump and get the fire stabilized at 225 degrees, and then add the guest of honor to the fire after it had been rubbed 8 hours previous with coarse grind Dizzy Dust.[p]It was nice and warm in Seattle last night, so I lit up a fine cigar and sat outside on the patio to keep my wife from grumbling about cigar smoke, those things aren't good for you, etc. etc. While I'm there I start reading Elder Ward's discourse on preparing pulled pork. In great detail he explains about cleaning the Egg and making sure to reposition the fire-box with the vent hole in alignment with the ash door. Ooooooppps! It's been cooking for 15 minutes now before I catch this little detail. [p]So I shut down the Egg, take the pork roast and put it in the oven inside at 200 degrees for an hour or so until the lump has cooled down, pull out all the lump, remove the grates and water pan, and finally reposition the fire-box correctly. Now that the fire can breathe right, I restart my cook. When I got up this morning, it was chugging away at 225 degrees.[p]Anyway all's well that ends well. At 4:00 this afternoon, we should be rewarded with good pulled pork sandwiches and local fresh white corn. I can't wait.[p]Paul

Elder Ward

Paul Bennetts,[p]Yeah it happened to me! That was the reason I wrote about it. I am the master of trial and error method of BBQ and have the scars and burnt hair to prove it. )[p]If you got em smoke em,
Elder Ward[p]

Wise One

Paul Bennetts, haven't made that mistake but I did clean out my medium on eday, reassembled, put my lump in, started my fire and sat back to enjoy cooking some some hamburgers. Got the fire up to around 600, put the burgers on and then noticed my fire-grate sitting next to my egg. Well, I did learn that if I ever crack a fire-grate I can still cook. :-)