First Butt

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pcpro215

Newbie
Original poster
Jun 15, 2013
22
10
Sheboygan, WI.
Well, I got up at 4:45 this am to get my butt ready for about 5:30 or so.  I had it in my stand-up Brinkmann for around 6 hrs.  At which point I couldn't get the temp over 200 anymore (tried dumping ash and adding fresh charcoal and it didn't work).  So, I transferred it to my Weber.   Will post the final result later...

This is my first pic after about 4 hrs.


And after about 7 hrs.

 
As of right now, about 9.5 hrs in, it's about 190-195. Gettin close!
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This is my final result.  I think the fire on my grill was too hot and burned off my brown sugar. 
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On the positive side however, the bone came right out with a simple twist and I was able to pull the meat apart with my fingers.  The meat was still moist on the inside, I just lost most of my precious bark. 
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Here it is after removing the foil:


And after I pulled it:


A few questions, tho:

1.  I stopped making smoke after 6 hrs.  As I can hardly taste the smoke in the meat, should I have kept it going the entire time?

2. What does everyone else do when you can't raise the temp of the smoker past 200*?  

I currently have a Brinkmann charcoal upright, single door smoker.  It works great for ribs, but after about 6 hrs of smoke time, I have a super hard time maintaining 250*.  I tried to empty out the ash and put in fresh coals, but it didn't work.  Maybe I just need some more patience when I make out the coal swap, as I only waited about 20 mins before moving it to the Weber.
 
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