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Hi guys. New to the forum and new to charcoal in general. I have an old Genesis Gold but more recently bought a SJS and OTP off craigs list.
I smoked a boston butt this past weekend, and I wanted to post my pictures and ask some advice. I setup a ring of fire, with about 125 briquettes of Kingsford blue (5 times around the kettle). I sprinkled dry apple wood chips around the ring, including in-between the layers of briquettes. I got it it to 225* and put the butt on at 7:00am. Shortly into the cook I had a high-heat problem (see the spot from 5:30-3:00 in the ring that the briquettes are completely turned to ash, that was about 350*-375*). I closed the top down to just big enough to get a probe wire in, and dampered the bottom vents all the way.
Took the butt off at 5:00pm at 191*. Wrapped it in a foil, then a blanket, then into a cooler to rest for an hour. Pulled it at 6:00pm and it was fantastic.
Question: anyone have any ideas why so many of my briquettes were unburned/partially burned? The fire made it from 5:30 position to about 8:00 position (moving counter-clockwise), but it left a bunch of unburned briquettes.
Other than that, I think this first smoke went VERY well. The 5.5# butt disappeared before the Sunday night game came on tv! I'll have to go to BJs this weekend to grab one of their 9#ers.
Comments are welcome. Thanks guys.
I smoked a boston butt this past weekend, and I wanted to post my pictures and ask some advice. I setup a ring of fire, with about 125 briquettes of Kingsford blue (5 times around the kettle). I sprinkled dry apple wood chips around the ring, including in-between the layers of briquettes. I got it it to 225* and put the butt on at 7:00am. Shortly into the cook I had a high-heat problem (see the spot from 5:30-3:00 in the ring that the briquettes are completely turned to ash, that was about 350*-375*). I closed the top down to just big enough to get a probe wire in, and dampered the bottom vents all the way.
Took the butt off at 5:00pm at 191*. Wrapped it in a foil, then a blanket, then into a cooler to rest for an hour. Pulled it at 6:00pm and it was fantastic.
Question: anyone have any ideas why so many of my briquettes were unburned/partially burned? The fire made it from 5:30 position to about 8:00 position (moving counter-clockwise), but it left a bunch of unburned briquettes.
Other than that, I think this first smoke went VERY well. The 5.5# butt disappeared before the Sunday night game came on tv! I'll have to go to BJs this weekend to grab one of their 9#ers.
Comments are welcome. Thanks guys.
