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I'm finally starting to get the hang of this thing.

sheetmetalpete
sheetmetalpete Posts: 280
edited January 2016 in EggHead Forum
I've owned my LBGE since June.  I bought a PartyQ almost right away and have used that for longer cooks as I struggle with temperature control.  Since I couldn't locate a brisket, yesterday I cooked up a 5 pound boneless pork butt without electronic assistance.  I maintained 250 deg for the whole cook with only one small temp spike that I was able to recover from easily. 

Now if I can just score a brisket for next weekend ... 

 

And the reason it was only a 5 lb butt was I used the rest to make a batch of brats to be cooked on the Egg at a later date.  Naturally after they were stuffed in casings I remembered that I wanted to put cheese in some of them.  Next time I guess.

Glencoe, Minnesota
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  • jabam
    jabam Posts: 1,829
    Very nice! Gonna do my first sausages this weekend  
    Central Valley CA     One large egg One chocolate lab "Halle" two chiuahuas "Skittles and PeeWee"
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    Time to get another size.....give you something else to figure out for the next six months. Pull out the wallet. 
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • xiphoid007
    xiphoid007 Posts: 536
    One way to avoid temp spikes is get yourself a HiQue grate or kick ash basket. The cast iron grate that holds the coals up is prone to blockages which I think leads to those temp spike. I got a HiQue grate before I knew the kick ash basket existed, but I've been very happy with it. If anything the temp can run away because the air flow is too good.
    Pittsburgh, PA - 1 LBGE
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,176
    Looking good. Really like the car too! 
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Strong work brother!
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,806
    Great cook and results.  And way to go with the confidence builder-you are well-served to be able to run the BGE w/o any controllers.  You never know when the electronics will decide not to participate.
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • JohnnyTarheel
    JohnnyTarheel Posts: 6,629
    Nice cook... Looks great
    Charlotte, NC - Large BGE 2014, Maverick ET 733, Thermopen, Nest, Platesetter, Woo2 and Extender w/Grid, Kick Ash Basket, Pizza Stone, SS Smokeware Cap, Blackstone 36"
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  • feef706
    feef706 Posts: 853
    Looks great, nicely done on the sausage.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    I have a temp controller. Almost never use it.

    What's all that white stuff on the ground? =)

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • sheetmetalpete
    sheetmetalpete Posts: 280
    Thanks everyone.  This forum has been tremendously helpful.
    Glencoe, Minnesota
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,227
    Strong work.  And @Carolina Q is right.  You don't need no stinking temp controller.  That's why you bought an egg. 

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,484
    I would only use a temp controller for over night cookies if I had one, but so far I haven't had much of a problem without one.  I just got a SmokeWare cap for Christmas and have used it once and destroy seems easier to use and stabilize then the daisy wheel.  The food looks good by the way.  On where to get a brisket, you may have to make a trip to the Twin City's if you can't find one at you local butcher.
    XL, WSM, Coleman Road Trip Gas Grill

    Kansas City, Mo.
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  • Hawg Fan
    Hawg Fan Posts: 1,517
    Heck yeah!  That's some good looking pulled pork.  I only use my BBQ Guru on overnight cooks.  Just set it and go to bed.

    Any road will take you there if you don't know where you're going.

    Terry

    Rockwall, TX
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  • westernbbq
    westernbbq Posts: 2,490
    mighty fine looking swine Brother!   Also, i would like to poimt out that it is a beautiful thing to see the BGE fired up in wimter with all that snow as a backdrop.  Most folks i know in cold climes put their grills away in october amd bring them out in april or may.  not eggers!   
    Nice job!
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