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  2. yardbird

    It's a Pork butt morning - now with Q-View! :)

    I can FREEZE it? Oh I'd have to make a lot more of it to have any left to freeze hehehehe.... and there's just the 3 of us here now. (Me, my wife and my youngest son) I really like doing the pork butts though. At some point I might graduate to a brisket, but right now I have a really good...
  3. yardbird

    It's a Pork butt morning - now with Q-View! :)

    Lookin good so far. Foiled at 165 with a splash of apple juice and spiced rum. and We shall see how this goes for the run to the finish :)
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  6. yardbird

    It's a Pork butt morning - now with Q-View! :)

    8 hours in. Smoker running at 250. Meat temp is 162, Hope I'm not buggin' anyone by these updates. This is the kind of information I looked for when I was starting out. Just thinking it might help someone. Just helped to see it even KNOWING that easch of these can be a bit different. AND... it...
  7. yardbird

    It's a Pork butt morning - now with Q-View! :)

    No real snow yet. We're looking at rain and temps in the upper 40s to low 50s for the next 5 or 6 days, with night temps below freezing. Today is sunny though so a good day for this.
  8. yardbird

    It's a Pork butt morning - now with Q-View! :)

    I kinda go overboard on the cleaning to get things started. Clean smoker racks, clean pans, clean utensils. I mean... I'm cleaning stuff I just pulled out of a drawer or cupboard. The meat temp probe has been in the cupboard for over a week (and I cleaned it before I put it away of course) so I...
  9. yardbird

    It's a Pork butt morning - now with Q-View! :)

    Hmmmm... took a little extra time to get through that 40 to 140 section. Maybe next time I'll keep the smoker temp at around 250 until we know we'll make it through in time. At 4 hours it had made it to 137. Took another 20 minutes or so to hit 140 . Not injected. Salty rub. I did put a...
  10. yardbird

    It's a Pork butt morning - now with Q-View! :)

    I put a 7 and a half pound pork butt in the smoker at 5:45 this morning. It's 24 derees out there. Using a Smoke Hollow propane smoker. Seems pretty normal that I have to dink around with the temp for an hour after I put the meat in. If I start it empty I stil have to mess with it to get it...
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  12. yardbird

    Tough turkey skin

    Did you have water in your water pan? Also, You should INCREASE the temp at the end to crisp the skin. My first poultry had an almost rubbery skin. The chicken was great, but the skin was like a silicone iPod protector. :) Someone on here mentioned putting sand in the water pan instead of...
  13. yardbird

    What's with all the early finishers? and Q-View

    Seems to be a lot of birds getting done way earlier than planned. Some appear to be from first timers, but mine got done over an hour ahead of schedule and I did the exact same sized bird at the exact same temperature smoker, about 6 or 8 weeks ago. What did I do differently? THIS time instead...
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  15. yardbird

    Turkey done way to quick!

    I held 30 pounds of chicken leg quarters in a cooler for almost 3 hours and they were still too hot to hold in your bare hand. So I think you can hold a while. If your oven is free you can also stick it in there at about 175 and just hold. I'd guess the cooler is good for 2 hours if you foil it...
  16. ET-732 minor panic "LLL" for meat probe

    ET-732 minor panic "LLL" for meat probe

  17. yardbird

    ET-732 minor panic "LLL" for meat probe

    But I came here and looked it up and .... whew.... so I'm thankful for all y'all. Turns out I just had to wait a few minutes for things to warm up and then it gave me a real temperature reading. I would pull it out of the turkey and it would almost immediately go to a real temperature. Put it...
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