Results of Huge Cook

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<p />Overall the cook I did this weekend was a huge success. The challenge though was more than I want to deal with in the future and a guru will be ordered by weeks end. I got the meat rubbed and wrapped and in the fridge by 9 Fri night. Sat morning had fire stabilized by 6:30 and immediately found out that four 8 lb butts won't even begin to rest on the raised grid of the bge and 3 barely will, and if fact 3 won't either till you pile em on the brisket below and cook till mid afternoon like I had to do before re-arranging on the raised grid. While I was at it, I added more coals. But remember, I had 5 butts and a brisket to do, so the other two 8 lb'ers went in the small which was also a very tight fit. My small had to have a new gasket and the installation of the Rutland was finally a success before all this cooking started and I am confident the egg had a tight seal. Even so the small didn't seen to be good for the lo n slo to me, and regulating the temp was a pain. By 11 that night my human internal battery went dead, so my brain quit functioning and I was worried that my temps were not reliable and the large was down to 195 grid so I wanted to lift the lid and use the thermopin to check but wanted to get it back up first so I took the cap off and went inside just for a moment. While inside I, suddenly decided to crash till 1 and get back up to see that it had gotten through the 160 stage which was where it had been for 2 hrs almost. That would have been fine except I forgot I took the cap off. It would be hard to describe how I felt when I stepped out the door at 1 a.m. and from a distance saw that lid on the table and not on the egg, let's just say I wanted to melt into the floor and quit right there. The brisket on bottom was ruined in my estimation but the long trip in the cooler wrapped in foil revived it to the point of borderline goodness and some even liked it best. So making an already too long a story short, I enjoyed about two dozen compliments on the meat and sauce and most went back for 2nds and 3rds. Cooking on trick or treat night proved to be fun as more little guys stopped in and we were already out there watching the eggs smoke away. Hope pics are o.k.[p][p][p][p]

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