Saucier Posted August 11 Report Share Posted August 11 Well, I have had a KK since 2007 I think.. bought a bbq guru back then, and yeas back bought the newer digital one.. I always put the product on in a cold freshly lit KK, and then brought it all up to temp and smoked away. Havent used it awhile and thinking of buying the smoke generator, which would take up my bbq guru port.. So thought, why not try a pork butt, after heat sinking it first. So decided to try 230 degrees f for 16 hours. Started it around 2 pm, and got It up to temp,, Had to light more charcoal as I didnt light enough the first time, no big deal. It was soon up to temp. Put the butt on and kept an eye on it, had to make some minor adjustments but was trying not to chase the monkey making too many adjustments. Things went well! Went to bed at 10pm, internal was 170, life good. Woke up at 6. Pit was 140, internal 190 (was shooting for 204 or so). No idea why the fire went out. .Had no time to redo it.. So pulled it, let it rest, shredded it, bagged it.. called it a day.. It was really dry. I have done stacks of these.. First time it was dry like that. Anyway took it to the small event, put it in a crockpot to reheat, ended up dumping a can of chicken broth in with it, and that brought it back to life. People were raving.. I wasn't LOL. No idea after that many hours of stability, what went wrong. So today was going to try with a rack of ribs. opened the KK and pulled the racks and the piece of foil I used as a deflector last cook. guess what? I ran out of charcoal ! LOL.. DUH! There is a reason your fire might die! LOL.. Lesson learned! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5698k Posted August 11 Report Share Posted August 11 How much charcoal are you using at a time? I always start with a full basket and have never run out of fuel during a cook. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saucier Posted August 13 Author Report Share Posted August 13 On 8/11/2024 at 11:48 AM, 5698k said: How much charcoal are you using at a time? I always start with a full basket and have never run out of fuel during a cook. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk I filled it, albeit with lump.. to there are some gaps.... Next time will over fill it ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
