A Tale of Three Cooks on One Load..or "Why I Love FOGO"

Not a lot of pics on this one, but will follow up with a later post on the last cook. The post is really more about the lump than the actually food... <<br>><<br>> I cleaned out the remaining lump from the XL because I knew I would be doing a low and slow. The lump I scooped up will go into the JR. Next I filled up to the top of the firebox with FOGO - just dumped it in. Had to take one piece off the top (it was the size of my forearm) to get the grid to fit, but overall, rather painless.
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> 0 - hour Lit lump. When lump was stabilized at 400, spatchcocked an organic 5# chicken raised direct for an hour at 400 until 165 in breast. My two elementary school boys ate ALL the breast meat (asking for more helpings by doing their best zombie "meeeeeaaaaat" impression.) Wing, leg, and thigh meat became another night's chicken pot pie. No pics, as it was just a S&P spatch. <<br>><<br>> 2 hours in (or so) - shut egg down to cool to 250 in prep for low and slow pork butt. Fell asleep while waiting <<br>><<br>> 4 hours in - Temp was at 200...threw the just shy of 9 # butt on anyway. In my tired state, screwed up the temp control...my fault, not the machines, <<br>><<br>> 8 hours in - Woke up, temp at 350. Uh-oh. Fixed to get it back to 225-250. <<br>><<br>> 24 hours in - Pulled the butt. Looked, pulled, and tasted the best I've ever done. Pic included below. Shut the XL down. The following is from the same load, no lump added, but a few days later. Consider it time lapse posting. <<br>><<br>> 24 hours in - Raked the coals, scooped through the bottom vent and fired him up. No lump added. <<br>><<br>> 24:30 hours in - Lump was somewhere between 250-300. It was the second day of school, my knee hurt and I was willing to jump ahead before he was totally stable (like many of my previous relationships .) I threw on 2 # tri-tip and went in to prep something else (post to come). <<br>><<br>> 25:30 hours in - Oops..time got away from me. Meat off, raise temp until 450, throw on veggies to roast. <<br>><<br>> 29 - hours in - Veggies off. Open up bottom vent, take off top. Get him up to 600. <<br>><<br>> 29:30 hours on - Meat back on. Reverse sear two minutes per side. <<br>><<br>> 29:45 hours on - take pics of what the coals look like before I shut Grandpappy down again. Leftover usable lump will go into Jr. When I scoop. <<br>><<br>> Did I mention I love FOGO??????