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Don Marco
10-24-2008, 02:47 PM
Howdy...

I just started my first BGE overnight eggsperiment.
Rubbed two boneless butts with KC Cowtown sweet spot and put em on the large with some hickory and two drip pans on top of the plate setter.

Current temperature is 223 F, got the ET-73 to monitor the temps and alert me in case it goes out of range.

Its now almost 10 pm over here and i plan to eat the pulled pork for lunch tomorrow with my co-workers.
Trouble is, i got to leave the house at 7 am and wont be back until 12 to pick up the (hopefully done) pork.
I´ve done that with other cookers like the Probbq Excel 20 or WSM before, but its my first long cook on the egg.

I dont expect it to be done until 7 am ( 9 hours) to keep it warm until serving time.

Any last minute hints from you guys to give me a good nights sleep and not **** up the pork are welcome.


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Cheers,

DM

Midnight Smoke
10-24-2008, 03:15 PM
? What time are you putting it on? You said done by 7 but your leaving at 7?

Don Marco
10-24-2008, 03:17 PM
? What time are you putting it on? You said done by 7 but your leaving at 7?


I put it on half an hour ago and i dont expect it to be done at 7am when i leave for work.
It hope it will be done at 12 though, when i rush home to pick it up. 8-)

DM

thillin
10-24-2008, 03:21 PM
Might I suggest that you run your thermo cables above/across a leg of your platesetter. It will protect them from higher temps being forced through the openings.

Midnight Smoke
10-24-2008, 03:22 PM
I put it on half an hour ago and i dont expect it to be done at 7am when i leave for work.
It hope it will be done at 12 though, when i rush home to pick it up. 8-)

DM

Doh, I need to read closer.

Me, I would need to check it after about 3 hours to see if temps were good, you said it's your 1st overnighter, have you done some mock burns to test the EGG?

If all is good after 3-4 hours and your temp is still strong at 7 I would use a wiggle rod and stir the coals gently before going to work and all should be good..

Divemaster
10-24-2008, 04:00 PM
Doh, I need to read closer.

Me, I would need to check it after about 3 hours to see if temps were good, you said it's your 1st overnighter, have you done some mock burns to test the EGG?

If all is good after 3-4 hours and your temp is still strong at 7 I would use a wiggle rod and stir the coals gently before going to work and all should be good..

I agree with the diddle rod about 30 minutes to a nour before you leave (so you can make sure you're ok)... I've done a 29 hour cook on my large on a single load before so she should be ok as long as she can get air from the bottom....

Don Marco
10-25-2008, 10:01 AM
Thanks for the hints, the first low & slow overnighter was a huge success.

I could have slept all through the nigght if i would not have forgotten to set the ET73 Food Alert higher (after my last cook).
So i woke up to the alarm at 3.30 am just to see that the egg was runnign along at 230 F and the butts were at 160.

Got up at 6 am to find the egg still at 230.


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I made myself a wiggle rod out of 1/4 stainless pipe a couple of days ago and used that to shake the ashes.
Took a shower, went to work and got back at 11.45 am to find the egg running at 230. Pork was at 195, perfect.


Took it all to work and made pulled pork sandwiches with cole slaw, onion and Roadhouse texas Tango BBQ Sauce.
The pork was some of the most juicy and tender i ever cooked. i could pull long chunks of meat fibers out of the middle of the roast without resistance.


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Needless to say there are no leftovers.
I was also very surprised of how much charcoal was left.


Cheers,

DM

thillin
10-25-2008, 10:10 AM
Looks good. Isn't it nice to be able to sleep and not tend a fire.

Midnight Smoke
10-25-2008, 10:11 AM
Looks good! I'll bet your co-workers really hit that. I know what you mean about the coal, I have done several overnighters and was still burning the next afternoon to cook some deserts. I also have opened the vents up after a long slow cook and had the Egg run at 5-600º for hours to clean it up.

JD McGee
10-25-2008, 10:19 AM
Great job DM...it's nice that you share with your co-workers. Sounds like your confidence in your egg is growing with each smoke. I did my first low-n-slow last week. It took a while to get dialed in...but when I did it held rock steady @ 225 for the remainder of the smoke.

Don Marco
10-25-2008, 10:26 AM
Sounds like your confidence in your egg is growing with each smoke.

I had confidence in the egg all the time. I was just scared that i might fark it up :biggrin:

DM

JD McGee
10-25-2008, 10:30 AM
I had confidence in the egg all the time. I was just scared that i might fark it up :biggrin:

DM

Understood...and experienced! :lol::lol::lol:

BBQ Grail
10-25-2008, 10:33 AM
Looks really good DM. Great job as usual.

Monty
10-25-2008, 12:12 PM
Nice job DM, i knew you would do it. no doubts here!

jestridge
10-25-2008, 01:21 PM
onion on pp sandwitch something to try

Rick's Tropical Delight
10-25-2008, 02:47 PM
:eusa_clap

you have been assimilated :biggrin:

Norcoredneck
10-26-2008, 01:50 AM
:eusa_clap

you have been assimilated :biggrin:

Is that assimilated or Eggsimulated?

garyk1398
10-26-2008, 02:29 AM
Nice job they look great!

DaChief
10-26-2008, 05:04 AM
Looks like an awesome first run DM...Well done!