Someone tell me what the heck is going on with my pork butt! - Page 3

HankB · 01-12-2013, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BamaMatt42

Lesson has been learned for me. I am very new to this Kamado grilling.

Don't feel bad if things don't work exactly as expected on your first run. "You didn't think it was gonna be that easy, did you?" Why do you think we collect here and share our knowledge?

I highly recommend that you take notes that you can refer to the next time you smoke a butt. Include things like recipes, smoking wood, weather, time and technique. In particular, note anything that you want to do differently next time. You will get better faster if you do this for every cook.

And when you figure out the details that matter on your cooker to produce the best 'Q you can, you will really appreciate the effort you put in to get to that point!

Plaid Palace · 01-12-2013, 10:38 PM

All done and pulled!

For the complete process click here: http://kamadoguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3371

Thanks for the help everyone! I may still be waiting on it to finish now if I had listened to you guys.

Ole Man Dan · 01-12-2013, 10:49 PM

I'm not really a 'Low and Slow' guy, I like to smoke butts a little hotter...
I like to put them on between 275° and 300°.

Verify the temperature your smoking at. I like to check gauges against a know oven gauge that has been confirmed as accurate...
OR... Boil some water and check gauge at boiling temp. (212°)

Too big a fluctuation of temps makes it danged near impossible to tell what you are doing. You may have been only warming the meat.
Don't check the meat too often, you will only delay it getting done.

01-12-2013, 10:38 PM	#32
Plaid Palace On the road to being a farker Join Date: 11-16-12 Location: Birmingham, AL	All done and pulled! For the complete process click here: http://kamadoguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3371 Thanks for the help everyone! I may still be waiting on it to finish now if I had listened to you guys. __________________ Kamado Joe Classic

01-12-2013, 10:49 PM	#33
Ole Man Dan is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 07-24-11 Location: Gadsden, Alabama	I'm not really a 'Low and Slow' guy, I like to smoke butts a little hotter... I like to put them on between 275° and 300°. Verify the temperature your smoking at. I like to check gauges against a know oven gauge that has been confirmed as accurate... OR... Boil some water and check gauge at boiling temp. (212°) Too big a fluctuation of temps makes it danged near impossible to tell what you are doing. You may have been only warming the meat. Don't check the meat too often, you will only delay it getting done.