- Jul 8, 2013
- 14
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Hi all, smoked my first pork butt (bone in, 4.8 lbs) and it came out way better than I could've hoped, a lot more smoke flavour and juiciness than I thought it would. I smoked for 8 hours at around 210-215 (with some fluctuations on my cheap Canadian Tire smoker) using the minion method. Have a few questions...
I used hickory chunks instead of chips this time and expected them to smoke for a few hours, but it sees like despite the fact that some were baseball-sized, they stopped smoking after maybe 45 min and i found myself adding chunks 3 more times throughout the process. Is this normal? I thought the chunks would last longer...
Despite using the minion method, i also had to add quite a bit of charcoal throughout the process to keep the heat up. Admittedly there was quite a buildup of ash which was probably not helping and i also dont have vents at the bottom but i though i would last the 8 hours without having to replace the charcoal with the minion method. What did i do wrong?
love to hear any feedback
thanks
I used hickory chunks instead of chips this time and expected them to smoke for a few hours, but it sees like despite the fact that some were baseball-sized, they stopped smoking after maybe 45 min and i found myself adding chunks 3 more times throughout the process. Is this normal? I thought the chunks would last longer...
Despite using the minion method, i also had to add quite a bit of charcoal throughout the process to keep the heat up. Admittedly there was quite a buildup of ash which was probably not helping and i also dont have vents at the bottom but i though i would last the 8 hours without having to replace the charcoal with the minion method. What did i do wrong?
love to hear any feedback
thanks