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Old 04-12-2012, 02:05 PM   #1
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Join Date: 04-04-12
Location: MASS
Default Cooking On Two Racks - UDS

I built my UDS to accommodate two racks. I don’t have the luxury of a kettle lid right now so the top rack is 6 – 7” down from the lid, and the bottom rack is 6” below that. The reason for the top rack height is I left about an inch of head room between the lid and where I determined most cuts of meat to be in height when sitting on the top rack.

Because the lower rack is 6” below the top one, the bottom grate on my charcoal basket is only about 18” from the bottom rack. I have read along the way that it should be 24”, but that just was not possible. Now I am concerned that it will be too close.

In a couple of weeks, I need to cook two racks worth of pork shoulders. Should I plan to exchange racks (swap top for bottom) sometime during the cook? Would half way between cook time make the most sense? How about flipping the meat over?

Thanks!
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