DachsieSlave Posted June 13, 2009 Report Posted June 13, 2009 Put on 6 butts this morning ranging from 5 to almost 8 pounds. Gotta love how Sam's packages them. Put the smallest ones in the middle and the largest on the upper grill, thinking this might shield the smaller ones and even out the time. But with my luck this won't work and it will just make it harder to pull them off first
Conodo12 Posted June 15, 2009 Report Posted June 15, 2009 Hey Roy - how did the cook work out? Specifically the placement of the meat; which butts finished first?
DachsieSlave Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Posted June 15, 2009 As you can see here, they turned out not too bad . The ones on the upper grill finished first, the lower grill about 1.5 hours later, about 13 hrs. total at 220. So putting the smaller ones in the middle on the lower grill worked out pretty well. Sorry no finished pics things got a little hectic. But then who wants to see a bunch of foodsaver bags? Started with about 37 lbs finished with about 20lbs. I think some disappeared during the pull before it got weighed. Not quite sure where it went
primeats Posted June 16, 2009 Report Posted June 16, 2009 I think we all know where it went. It's an M.O that's been occuring all over KK land, so far no evidence has been discovered(on film)yet.
Firemonkey Posted June 16, 2009 Report Posted June 16, 2009 I think there is evidence in the above picture...that chunk didnt just fall off on its own. Someone snatched a nibble and toppled the house of cards!
jdbower Posted June 16, 2009 Report Posted June 16, 2009 Nah, that was clearly a passing bird that grabbed some!
mguerra Posted July 8, 2009 Report Posted July 8, 2009 temps There's quite a variation in the time it takes individual butts to get done. When you do multiple butts, how do you monitor doneness on all of them? I guess I would put a temp probe in the smallest one, pull it off the fire when done, then probe all the rest and put the probe in the one next most done, and so on. I have a total of three temp probes so could do three at a time no problem.
LarryR Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 Doc, you purchase multiple probes for your Stoker Actually I do exactly what you stated, put my probes in the smaller butts and use that as a guide to check for "doneness."
mguerra Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 Probes Yeah, I thought of that, I've got a Stoker and a CyberQ so plenty of probe options. I was just thinking of a way to do it without buying all the extra probes. Probably be easiest just to buy them.
DachsieSlave Posted July 9, 2009 Author Report Posted July 9, 2009 I only have the one ET-73, so I put it in the one I thought might finish first. When it reached 190 I started checking them all with my Thermapen.
jdbower Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 Hire a small child in an asbestos suit with a ThermaPen and a flashlight to sit in the cooker? I suppose a few more Stoker probes would be cheaper than the resulting lawsuits...
mguerra Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 little probester Mini Me with a gas mask, asbestos suit and a thermometer!! That's a hoot.
DachsieSlave Posted July 10, 2009 Author Report Posted July 10, 2009 Why didn't I think of that? If I could get the daughter's boyfriend to volunteer, I wouldn't need all of that expensive protective gear. Wait, did I just say that out loud?
