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Best temp for cooking pulled pork (shoulder)

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So, the adventure begins, or rather, began at 7:30 AM. Two photos: one, the briskets out of the refrigerator, ready for cooking, after being heavily rubbed with Dizzy Pig's Dizzy Dust the night before and left in the fridge to self-marinate overnight. Second, on the smoker as the Guru is just beginning to ramp it up. As of right now, 45 minutes in, we are at about 150* in the smoker. I should mention it is winter here in Denver, Colorado, and we started at 32*F.

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4 hours ago, BARDSLJR said:

HMMMMM. 10:45AM, about 3 hours in. The Kamado temperature probe read about 250*. The BBQ Guru says "215*"......it's still ramping up. What gives?

The dome is usually hotter than the standard grate level. For low and slow, i usually give the kk 2 to 3 hours to get up to Temp and saturate before adding the meat. I also try to get it close to the final temp before plugging in the guru fan since the guru runs wide open to bring the temperature up as fast as possible - that has caused me issues because it overshoots the target temp and shuts down to allow the temperature to drop, running the risk of the fire going out.

All of this is why i tend to do my long low and slow cooks overnight so i don't have to get up at 3 am to light my fire... If the meal is scheduled for the evening, i end up foiling the meat and sticking in a cooler stuffed with towels until mealtime. This also accommodates the occasional slower or faster than expected cook.

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I don't see your Guru probe in the picture, so I'm venturing a guess. You have it too close to the meat and it's influencing the reading. Move the probe at least a couple of inches away from the meat. Even at heat soak, you will likely see a 20F difference between dome temp and grate temp. That's normal.

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I should have gotten a picture of he whole shoulder BEFORE I cut it up, but I'll get one of the second shoulder when I unwrap it tomorrow, instead. In the meantime, here's dinner for seven- AFTER we ate. So dinner, and lunch, and dinner, and maybe two or three other meals to come. Oh, and it turned out delicious and nearly perfect.....a good day (except for the Saints' game.)

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A word of follow up....I made nachos with the leftovers and the beautifully smoked pork shoulder pushed it right over the edge: I think I had a multiple orgasm of the mouth (can I say that?).

The woods involved were 50% apple, 25% each cherry and plum. The BBQ guru was very slow in ramping up to the temp I set- 275*- so after I wrapped the two shoulders at 3 PM  (they went on at 8AM), I raised the temperature to 300* and corrected the earlier mistake I had made- the damper on the fan was set at about 50% and was essentially choking it off so it couldn't ramp up the KK faster. My bad.  Anyway, you always have adjustments you can make: if a shoulder or brisket is wrapped, it is not likely to dry out just because you raise the temp.

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