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What temp is everyone cooking their butts at?

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  • BYS1981
    BYS1981 Posts: 2,533
    Overnight I do 250ish, if I start in the morning I do about 350. I prefer overnight. No reason other than I'm not waking up early. 
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    I've always done them from 225-245.  The last one I did was at 275 because I was a bit pressed for time.  It turned out to be the best one to date.  Go figure.

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  • dblalock1030
    dblalock1030 Posts: 38
    If I run 325 and put it on around 8 pm, I shouldn't have any problems with pulling it off at 200 around 6ish should I?  I don't particularly like to foil and my wife is having a pot luck at work and I can't put it on for 225 like I normally.  I still gotta pay the bills during the day. 

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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,571
    Just did a 6 lbs shoulder last night. 250 degrees and took 12 hours.  
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,481
    Another turbo fan here! I can't tell the difference between a sleep deprived lo & slo and the turbo results.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
    It really depends on my mood.  If I have the time, I'll go low and slow.  No time, I'll go turbo. 
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  • GregW
    GregW Posts: 2,678
    edited June 2015
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  • Dondgc
    Dondgc Posts: 709
    dblalock1030 said:
    If I run 325 and put it on around 8 pm, I shouldn't have any problems with pulling it off at 200 around 6ish should I?  I don't particularly like to foil and my wife is having a pot luck at work and I can't put it on for 225 like I normally.  I still gotta pay the bills during the day. 
    The only problem will be that you may be pulling it off at 2 or 3 in the morning.  At 325 I don't think your cook will require 10 hours. But if you have a Maverick or similar to alert you to meat temp that's no problem.
    New Orleans LA
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  • MeTed
    MeTed Posts: 800
    Low and slow. I really like the overnight drinking, smoking and napping outside. It is not a every week thing, but on butt cook days I love the low and slow overnight experience!
    Belleville, Michigan

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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,376
    It varies depending on what mood the egg is in and where she decides to settle in. I don't like to sit around and stare at the egg all day adjusting temps. I'd buy a stick burner if I wanted to do that. 240-275 usually is where she ends up. 
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  • EagleIII
    EagleIII Posts: 418
    I'm with @grillin_beers (and many others on this post)....I do butts at about 230.  They can be done quicker, but as grillin_beers said, then you'd miss out on several hours of drinkin beers and bourbons, and smoking cigars while "watching the Egg"....why rush a good thing?
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  • Diptip
    Diptip Posts: 45

    The old forum ran a guy off that said you can get just as good results from cooking butts at 350 dome as you could from low and slow, cutting hours off your cook time. Now it seems to be an excepted way to cook a butt.

    He was abusive to a few member there but his method was shot down by some folks who do turbo now.

    Personally, I like low and slow, 250 dome. Maybe one day I'll try turbo. Hate to waste a good piece of meat experimenting though.

    The way I see it, you will get a lot more charring at the higher temps, especially if you have sugar in your rub. Sugar will to burn at temperatures over 250, that is a fact.

    In an idiots head.
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  • dougcrann
    dougcrann Posts: 1,129
    196-198*
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