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Five AM Butt Check...Oh Boy

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'Q Bruddah
'Q Bruddah Posts: 739
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
I came home last night from a meeting about 9:15 and cleaned out my egg for a low and slow. A little mesquite on the bottom with some hickory mixed in and topped off with RO. I had it lit by 9:30, in the dark and it was still a young 225° at ten when I put a couple of bone-in butts on. I "guessed" from experience that I was set for 250° but that the fire just had not come up yet.

It is now 5 AM, the egg is "chuggin' and gurglin'" happily at 250° and the meat is 181°. I am drinking a cup of coffee and there is the smell of smoke in the 'hood. I am a happy man. This is my third butt cook and the smoothest to date. I still run without draft control. Experience is a good thing.

So, rather than a post by a nervous newbie in trouble with some aspect of an all nighter this is a post by a satisfied owner of the World's Best Smoker having fun just as it should be.
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  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,765
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    Great news!

    Take the day off and celebrate! :woohoo: :silly:
    aka marysvilleksegghead
    Lrg 2008
    mini 2009
    XL 2021 (sold 8/24/23)
    Henny Youngman:
    I said to my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?' She said, 'I want to go somewhere I've never been before.' I said, 'Try the kitchen.'
    Bob Hope: When I wake up in the morning, I don’t feel anything until noon, and then it’s time for my nap
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  • 'Q Bruddah
    'Q Bruddah Posts: 739
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    loco,
    The celebration will be later today when I take the pulled pork to a potluck picnic where there will be a whole lot of grillin' going on. Many don't know BBQ, all they know is the grill. So, it will be my treat to teach them.
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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,674
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    When did you ever think you would say "Five AM Butt Check...Oh Boy" :ohmy: :whistle:
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.   

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  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
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    Taking a smoke to a grill fight eh? I say the odds are in your favor. B) Have a great day. :) Tim
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  • 'Q Bruddah
    'Q Bruddah Posts: 739
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    Thanks for getting me laughing early. You are right, out of context it is pretty funny. "Five AM Pork Shoulder Check...Oh Boy" doesn't have the same ring. I admit the humor didn't even occur to me at 5AM.
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  • 'Q Bruddah
    'Q Bruddah Posts: 739
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    Thanks, Tim, and Good morning to you. Yep, trying to teach them there's a world beyond Weber..
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  • Misippi Egger
    Misippi Egger Posts: 5,095
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    I tried a 5 am butt check this morning, but got slapped! :ohmy: :laugh:

    Seriously, sounds like you've got things under great control.

    Enjoy!
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