First Official BB SMOKE IS ON!!!!!

Thanks Eggsbert! I hope yours turns out good too! My lord the smell is incredible. I haven't smoked anything since last summer. If yours smells as good as mine does then you are droolin!!

Ok, just probed one and its at 182 after only 45 minutes in the oven. I think I will just back off and leave it to cook. Its juicy and dripping like crazy into my drip pan and the whole house smells amazing! Its so close I will just leave it. I am definately going to check into that dome thermo.

Ok well after 2 hours in the oven them butts got up to 198 and 194 respectively and I yanked, foiled and coolered them. I am going to let them rest in the cooler for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours and then pull them in time for supper. Damn they smell wonderful!!!

Well I tell ya what. For a first time, getting my legs under me and running cook this was a pretty good success. The butts that I got were intertwined with a lot of fat! One butt was tender and fell apart with awesome flavor. The other butt had great flavor but wasn't as tender and also had tons of fat. These were not my normal cuts of butt. I got them at one of the local grocery stores. the other store I normally buy at sells Farmland pork cuts. These were just generic off the meat counter, came from god knows where. They were vacuum sealed two in a bag. They were great! Don't get me wrong but I have done better before. I am anxious to do it again! Wanna get some experience and completely figure this Egg smoking process out. All in all it was a great success. As others have mentioned you are always your own worst critic. Wife loved it but did say that past butts have been better. Thanks to everyone that kicked in with advice and feedback! Appreciate it! Semi questionable day Eggin is WAY better than a good day at work!! Thanks again. Getting a Wok tomorrow from Mrs. Tane at the Wok shop so my next endeavor over the next couple of weeks will be Wokkin!! She was so nice and helpful! Have a good night everyone. Keep Egging!!!!

Thanks Gato! Appreciate the support

Thanks Putty! It was a fairly questionable day but it all worked out in the end. I came home today and took my Egg apart to discover that the High Que grate let so much small lump pieces and ash through that it was choking it out. The bottom of the firebox was completely full. Crazy. I cleaned it out and filled it back up and made one of the BEST DAMN PIZZAS EVER!!!! I will be making another post as this was my first epic pizza bake on the egg. Simply wonderful. Will never buy out pizza again! Best of all I used some of the pulled pork from this smoke for the pizza topping. Simply perfection! I will be making two other threads in a bit because I also got my Wok in today from Mrs. Chan. Great day to be an Egger. Thanks for the feedback and support !!

I am going to be making a thread here shortly Gato. Pics to follow! Was truly marvelous!!