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Butt issues

Dawgtired
Dawgtired Posts: 667
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Happy Fouth! I have a 10# butt I put on this morning about 5:30. I checked the pit temp every couple of hours this morning and it was a steady 250. I had the Guru set at 237 but I could certainly live with the difference. I just checked again and the pit is up to 325. I have everything closed down other than I usually slip the pit probe in through the daisy wheel so there is a small gap there. Other than that..
nada. Anything I can do to lower the pit temperature? I added ice to the drip pan but raising the hood to do so offset any benefit with that. Think it’s getting air from somewhere so maybe time for a new gasket but anything I can do now?
Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated.

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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,828
    You can just take it off the smoker for a bit and throw it in the over in a pan for awhile until your Egg cools down enough, and it will.  Butts are so forgiving that a brief time away from the smoke probably won't make any real difference.  

    I don't know what caused the flare-up based on everything you've posted.  Sometimes that can be grease dripping down and into the fire. 
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  • distanceman
    distanceman Posts: 138
    I wouldn’t sweat it too much. I normally cook my butts at 275. My kit went all crazy on me the other week and i had temps hit 300+ on multiple occasions. I went to bed and didn’t stress it. 

    Finished at 0600 (way earlier than intended), I FTC and pulled at noon. IT was 151 when I pulled it to serve and it was gone in 30 mins.

    Point being a butt is a resilient lil thing and will be just fine. 
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  • Dawgtired
    Dawgtired Posts: 667
    distanceman said:
    I wouldn’t sweat it too much. I normally cook my butts at 275. My kit went all crazy on me the other week and i had temps hit 300+ on multiple occasions. I went to bed and didn’t stress it. 

    Finished at 0600 (way earlier than intended), I FTC and pulled at noon. IT was 151 when I pulled it to serve and it was gone in 30 mins.

    Point being a butt is a resilient lil thing and will be just fine. 
    Should probably know this, but FTC. Is that foiled and in the cooler?

    If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

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  • FrostyEgg
    FrostyEgg Posts: 614
    Dawgtired said:
    distanceman said:
    I wouldn’t sweat it too much. I normally cook my butts at 275. My kit went all crazy on me the other week and i had temps hit 300+ on multiple occasions. I went to bed and didn’t stress it. 

    Finished at 0600 (way earlier than intended), I FTC and pulled at noon. IT was 151 when I pulled it to serve and it was gone in 30 mins.

    Point being a butt is a resilient lil thing and will be just fine. 
    Should probably know this, but FTC. Is that foiled and in the cooler?
    Correct. Foil, wrap in towels, place in cooler. It'll hold for hours.
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