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    Help with smoking 2 butts

    I wrapped the butt and put it in the oven at 250 to finish it. Internal temp is currently at 165 and climbing. I have family members telling me to crank up the oven to 350-375 to finish it. Would someone please advise whether this is a good idea or not. If not, why not. Everything I’ve read says...
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    Help with smoking 2 butts

    I took my external meat thermometer and put it on the grate the butt is sitting on. The cooker says it is at 234 degrees internal temp, but the thermometer says 157 degrees. Are you kidding me? Thanks for the advice guys. I think we may have found the problem. That said, should I wrap these...
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    Help with smoking 2 butts

    I just took my secondary probe out and set it on the grate. I’ll keep you posted, thanks for the advice, smoker temp makes a lot of sense. I would think a smoker bought Christmas 2018 would be able to keep an accuragpte temp.
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    Help with smoking 2 butts

    I forgot to mention. I have a second external thermometer in the second butt. They are both reading consistent with each other.
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    Help with smoking 2 butts

    Newbie to the forum here. I am also a newbie with smoking. I’ve had success with a single 8lb pork butt, but that one took 20 hours at 225 to get to 195 degrees. It stalled at 145degrees though It was awesome and had a killer bark. I put 2 x 9lb pork butts in the smoker (MB MES 30) 21 hours...
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