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Butts on their side?
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hrchdog
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Need to cook eight pork butts to feed local high school football team, been doing it for the last six years. Want to use my new xl egg instead of the stumps clone. Can't seem to locate a swing rack for the xl, was wondering if anybody had tried putting the butts on their side so more could be put on the grate?
Herrin,IL.
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Here is info galore for a swing rack http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1140902/swing-rack/p1
Also check out the adjustable rig. Both are winners.Be careful, man! I've got a beverage here. -
Yah i've read that thread even posted in it but it seems as though he is out of them for the xl right now. So looking for another alternative and wondered about putting them on their side.Herrin,IL.
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Side is fine.
Have you thought about getting a second grate and raising it with pieces of brick? That's what I do and it works great.Be careful, man! I've got a beverage here. -
I can't imagine it would cause a problem to cook butts on their side. People often argue about "fat side up/fat side down", so this would just be a compromise . I would think this would be more like fat side down since the fat might drip off.I think for 8 you are going to need 2 levels of cooking. I recall one post where someone simply used a spare rack with no legs and laid the rack on the first level of butts with some balls of foil to help space them.Here we go...check out the last picWhich came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg.
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I bought some extra Weber grates from Home Despot for around $10/each. Bricks were about a dollar a piece. I use three of them.
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@nola......dumb question, I was gonna order a grid online but I'm not at home to look for myself. What size grate do I need to order to get it raised like your set-up. (have a large egg BTW)
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@nola......dumb question, I was gonna order a grid online but I'm not at home to look for myself. What size grate do I need to order to get it raised like your set-up. (have a large egg BTW)
I'm not at la casa, but I want to say it was 13 or 14"
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go get a weber 18" grate and some stainless rod, cut the pieces about 6 inches long, nut and bolt to the weber grid, nut and washer so you can put it onto the BGE grid
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I can't imagine it would cause a problem to cook butts on their side. People often argue about "fat side up/fat side down", so this would just be a compromise . I would think this would be more like fat side down since the fat might drip off.
Was looking at this old posting but am confused about what to do with the balls of foil. Didn't see them in the pic. Do you just put them on the first layer of butt to get some clearance?I think for 8 you are going to need 2 levels of cooking. I recall one post where someone simply used a spare rack with no legs and laid the rack on the first level of butts with some balls of foil to help space them.Here we go...check out the last picClarendon Hills, IL -
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I have a few 18" weber grates for a cold smoker project I'm working on. I'll see how high up in the dome I can get it. Maybe not enough to squeeze butts under. Anyway, can't do anything about it until I get home.
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just get them in the egg, doesnt matter fat up, no fat, fat down, touching, not touching, etc.. ive even seen pics with them stacked but that is something i might not do
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I can get 4 seven pounders on the first level of my XL but would have to stand 2 of the top 4 on their side on my adjustable rig for the top layer.
Two XL BGEs - So Happy!!!!
Waunakee, WI
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Was looking at this old posting but am confused about what to do with the balls of foil. Didn't see them in the pic. Do you just put them on the first layer of butt to get some clearance?
That's what I'm thinking. After you lay down the first layer of butts, use a few foil balls at the "peaks" in 3 or 4 places and then set the second rack on top of the foil balls.Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. -
you can just stack them. place the grid right on the butts, and then more butts.
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The only thing better than big butts is more butts. Well..... Maybe butts stacked on top of butts is better, I'll have to get back to you.Be careful, man! I've got a beverage here.
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Eat a balanced meal. FDA food triangle indicates a more balance approach. Butts, then breasts, then maybe a thigh on top.
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