-15 and cooking a butt

cliffcarter · Feb 15, 2016

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cliffcarter
Feb 15, 2016

Cooking a 9 pound butt for a friend who is going snowmobiling today. When I started fire at 6AM the outside temp was right about -15, depending on which weather guy got it right. The snake is Stubb's charcoal started with a chimney of fully lit lump, I'm using black cherry for smoke. The butt was on by 7, I am shooting for a cook temp of 325°-350°. With steady temps I should be done some time between 2 and 3 this afternoon.

It's going to be a bright, sunny day with a daytime high of 23°, Heat Wave

I am also cooking a small beef roast for burnt ends for tonight's supper, I'll post that one as well.

More pics later.

phatbac · Feb 15, 2016

Keep us posted as to how its coming and how it comes out!

As someone addicted to smoking enough to smoke in any weather i respect anyone to smoke in adverse conditions!

What are you smoking on? (cant make it out in the pic)

Don't forget the Q-View!

Happy Smoking,

phatbac (Aaron)

cliffcarter · Feb 15, 2016

Cooking on a 22.5" Weber kettle.

dirtsailor2003 · Feb 15, 2016

Sounds like fun! We're in the middle of a heat wave on the Left Coast. Was 50° when I got up this morning @ 5 am. Was 20° a week ago!

Bearcarver · Feb 15, 2016

cliffcarter said:
Cooking a 9 pound butt for a friend who is going snowmobiling today. When I started fire at 6AM the outside temp was right about -15, depending on which weather guy got it right. The snake is Stubb's charcoal started with a chimney of fully lit lump, I'm using black cherry for smoke. The butt was on by 7, I am shooting for a cook temp of 325°-350°. With steady temps I should be done some time between 2 and 3 this afternoon.

It's going to be a bright, sunny day with a daytime high of 23°, Heat Wave

I am also cooking a small beef roast for burnt ends for tonight's supper, I'll post that one as well.

More pics later.

Sounds Great, Cliff !!

I can get mine to bump 300°, but it will always level out at the 275° MAX.

We're having our warmest Winter ever this year, getting down to 1° yesterday was our coldest so far. 13° right now here.

Be Back!!

Bear

SmokinAl · Feb 15, 2016

Looks like a great start. I can't even imagine going outside in those temps, much less to smoke a butt.

That's dedication!!

Weather is OK here today, mid 70's, but cloudy & windy.

I'll check back later.

Al

tropics · Feb 15, 2016

Better man then I am it was 9* when I went out this A.M

Richie

cliffcarter · Feb 15, 2016

Wanted to cook this one around 300°-325° but whenever I shut the intake down the temp dropped to 280° or so. So I ended up leaving it about 1/2 open and the temp settled in around 360°

, oh well. The upshot is this butt is going to take just about 5 hours of cook time.

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cliffcarter
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I could probably pull it now, but I've got to pick up my wife in 30 minutes or so, so I'll close the vents and keep it on the kettle until I get back.

Bearcarver · Feb 15, 2016

cliffcarter said:
Wanted to cook this one around 300°-325° but whenever I shut the intake down the temp dropped to 280° or so. So I ended up leaving it about 1/2 open and the temp settled in around 360°

, oh well. The upshot is this butt is going to take just about 5 hours of cook time.

I could probably pull it now, but I've got to pick up my wife in 30 minutes or so, so I'll close the vents and keep it on the kettle until I get back.

You're going to leave it on & leave???

Hope there's no Bears around----You know how hungry they get !!~

Bear

cliffcarter · Feb 15, 2016

Bearcarver said:
You're going to leave it on & leave???

Hope there's no Bears around----You know how hungry they get !!~

Bear

No Bears last time I checked

cliffcarter · Feb 15, 2016

5 hours in and it's done, note the differing temps depending on where the thermometer is placed-

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Pulled and waiting for pick up-

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A few choice bits of bark for the cook-

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Feb 15, 2016

There was a good bit of charcoal left in the kettle so I added more and 3 chunks of apple and put on the roast for burnt ends

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cliffcarter
Feb 15, 2016

Should be done in 4 hours or so..... maybe sooner considering how fast the butt was done

Bearcarver · Feb 15, 2016

Oh Yeah!!

Looks Awesome, Cliff !!

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I love that "Cook's" plate!!

Should have been at least one Bear there!!

Bear

b-one · Feb 15, 2016

Looks great,especially the cooks plate!:drool

stickyfingers · Feb 15, 2016

Looks great! But that's either dedicated or nuts!

pc farmer · Feb 15, 2016

Wow. Looks great. Never cooked that cold before. I have done -5 with a wind chill.

POINTS FOR SURE.

gearjammer · Feb 15, 2016

You're a better man than me. I ate burnt ends out of my freezer it was -25 here. I'm even burning firewood from inside, nuts to that.

-25 Sunday morning and Sat. too tomorrow they say it will be 40 degrees and raining. Go figure.

Anyway great looking cook. I'm gonna smoke something tomorrow.

Keep on smokin' Ed

GaryHibbert · Feb 15, 2016

That's great looking PP--especially the cook's plate!!! Nice job

for toughing out the cold and making great food.

Gary

SmokinAl · Feb 16, 2016

Awesome job!

I'm glad it turned out so well!

Points to you!!

Al

cliffcarter · Feb 16, 2016

Her's a shot of the finished burnt ends-

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cliffcarter
Feb 16, 2016

Total time on these was 4 hours, kettle did stay in the 350°-360° range.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words and the points

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tropics · Feb 16, 2016

Both pieces look great Points

Richie

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