It's finally done ... well sort of!

Smokey

This has the be the longest butt cook I can remember. The 4.5-5 pounder went on the egg last night at about 9-9:30 pm. It reached a 163 degree plateau about 11:00 am this morning. I just took it off the egg about 5 minutes ago (5:15 pm). Heck, that's almost 20 hours![p]It never did reached 200 degrees (only 197), but I want to give some time to rest (guests coming at 6:00 pm). It really smell good! I will warm up the last bottle of Ken Stones "Happy Pappy" sauce, serve and report the results![p]

Lawn Ranger

Smokey,
Damon:[p]Sounds like you've had a day of it. Can't go wrong with the Happy Pappy.[p]Keep in touch.[p]Mike

The Virginian

Smokey,
You may want to test your temperature gauge by putting the end in boiling water and seeing how close to 212 degrees it comes. Unless you are cooking at a very, very low temp on purpose, it may be that your gauge is reading high. 4 hours per pound! whew, I am sure it was worth the wait. [p]Brett

Smokey

The Virginian,[p]Great thought. I haven't checked it in over a year!!