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Quick Question - Only second time doing Butt - Fat cap UP or DOWN?

Sonny3
Sonny3 Posts: 455
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I am getting ready to put on 13 lbs of butts for an overnight.  They are in two pieces and I have read up on cooks times with a gap between the two.  But I can't remember when I cooked my only other butt, was the fat cap up or down.

Appreciate any help.
Titusville, Fl. and just bought XL and Med BGE.  "Every Day is A Bonus" in my world, and my job is to choke the life out of them. Cancer Sucks.
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,836
    Doesn't really matter. I go fat cap down with the reasoning being that if something sticks to the grid it's the fat and not meat bark.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

    XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,515
    I'm with @DMW on this. 
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,517
    Yup...either way. OTOH the rub on a fat cap is a waste so I trim my butts back that way making my former fat cap area the future tasty bark. 
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
    Doesn't matter. I go fat cap up because I usually have it on the pan fat side up. I just grab it and set it on egg. 
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • Ragtop99
    Ragtop99 Posts: 1,570
    Like RRP, I cut it off so that I can expose meat, put rub on it, and enjoy more bark.  It's also less fat to clean out of the egg and reduces cook time a bit.
    Cooking on an XL and Medium in Bethesda, MD.
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  • Sonny3
    Sonny3 Posts: 455
    Thank you all for the quick feedback.  Temp is settled in and I am trusting the wireless alarm to wake me if there is a problem.  Been a long day. 18 family for dinner, smoked two turkeys and fried two more.  Going to bed one tired pup.

    I hope that all of you had a wonderful day of Thanks with your families.
    Titusville, Fl. and just bought XL and Med BGE.  "Every Day is A Bonus" in my world, and my job is to choke the life out of them. Cancer Sucks.
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  • Scottborasjr
    Scottborasjr Posts: 3,494
    Happy Thanksgiving @Sonny3
    I raise my kids, cook and golf.  When work gets in the way I'm pissed, I'm pissed off 48 weeks a year.
    Inbetween Iowa and Colorado, not close to anything remotely entertaining outside of football season. 
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