Did my first low and slow today using the coco char. I plan on doing a wagyu brisket this weekend and wanted to get at least one low and slow out of the way. I had to work part of the day but figured I would get it going and let it burn to learn the best settings for 225-235.
Filled the basket this morning and lit in the center at 0730. Had the lower vent open just a hair and the top about 1/6th turn. It came up to 225 (my target) by about 0930 or so. I let it sit as is to see where it settled. Over the course of the next 4.5 hours, it slowly creeped up to about 240. At 2pm, I put the short ribs on the grill and closed the top vent just a little. It settled in pretty good at 225-230 for the rest of the cook. The Kurobota baby backs are very small so I put them on about 2 hours behind the short ribs. I took them all off at the same time; 5.75 hours on the short ribs and 3.75 on the baby backs. all turned out pretty tasty.
I was a little surprised to see the temp continue to rise for about 6+ hours but it could have been due to the ambient temperature rising as well that eventually hit about 100 F.