Fattie Not Cooking Well

jlafrenz

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May 17, 2012

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• Jun 3, 2012

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I am attempting my first fattie and having a little trouble with it. When I checked on it at around the 3 hour mark I noticed that the hamburger was still pink next to the bacon. I increased the heat a little and left if for another hour, but still have pink hamburger against the bacon. Everything else seems to be cooked well. Is this common? What suggestions do you guys have for this other than give it more time?

 

diggingdogfarm

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Jun 23, 2011

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• Jun 3, 2012

• #2

That is perfectly normal.
Go by temperature, not looks.

~Martin

 

jlafrenz

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May 17, 2012

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• Jun 3, 2012

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I had a feeling someone might say that. It just had me worried that I was doing something wrong for my first smoke. Patience seems to be a key ingredient for BBQ.

 

s2k9k

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• Jun 3, 2012

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The pink color was probably from the smoke. What kind of smoker are you using?

 

jlafrenz

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• Jun 3, 2012

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S2K9K said:

The pink color was probably from the smoke. What kind of smoker are you using?

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UDS.

I also realize that the potatoes I used were the frozen hash brown cubes. I don't really give them a chance to thaw out and this probably worked against me for the first couple hours of the smoke. Cooking potatoes in the oven vs. cooking them on the smoker are 2 very different things.