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    First post, smoking pork butt in La Paz - Bolivia (11800ft)

    That's exactly the problem with low oxygen because of high altitude. If I don't keep the vents wide open, the fire won't ignite. If, for example, I use medium-sized logs and want to burn them at low temperature (close vents), the fire at such low temperature and little oxygen, will just go out...
  2. K

    First post, smoking pork butt in La Paz - Bolivia (11800ft)

    Thanks all for the tips. Attached the pic of the smoker
  3. K

    First post, smoking pork butt in La Paz - Bolivia (11800ft)

    I put trays of water underneath and also spray the pork with apple cider/water mix because weather here is super dry and a bit of humidity helps. I do have an oven to finish the pork, def!
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    First post, smoking pork butt in La Paz - Bolivia (11800ft)

    Hello to everyone, I found this forum a few weeks ago and have found it very helpful. With tips from here and youtube, I have managed to smoke decent butts (no connoisseur has ever tried them). I Read the (few) posts on smoking in high-altitude. However, none even close to the altitude where...
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