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Welcome JonD to SMF, I also have the CGSP and with the weather you have there you may want to look into some kind of insulating blanket for your smoker it will help on those cold and damp day or nights.
Pinkmeat, my .02 is if you don't want fall of the bone cut the foil time down and if you can keep a more constent temp. I know hard when your not there I have that same fight when I have other thinks that I have to do. Good luck on your next smoke.
Welcome JM to SMF i might can help a little bit
1. I use mostly lump charcoal and a couple of chunks of wood, Apple sounds good.
3. I use two or three lite charcoal chimney to get started and put the wood off to the one side.
4. As far a temp goes a lot of people like the skin to be cripes so...
My only thought might be to check the temp in another part on the meat and also do you know if the temp gauge on the smoker is calibrated just my .02 Good luck
Gethenet as everyone else has said yes it will, I have a side firebox and fill it up to the opening, then make a depression in the middle. I pore one chimney of hot coal right in the middle and give it about 30 to 45 min. for the temp to settle in then start smoken. I get about 3-4 hrs out of...
Welcome Frank to SMF great place and a lot of info. so don't give up. There a lot of theads that will take you step by step for your next should or butt or what ever.
I take my butt to 165 then foil and then up to 200 then let it rest by wrapping in towles and putting it in a cooler for 1 hr...
One thing that I do is fill my firebox with two or three chimney of unlit charcoal Lump, keep it away from the air vent so you will have a good air supply. Also did anyone say to open the chimney vent wide open and firebox wide open should get about 3hr with that.
Welcome to SMF, you will find a lot of great info. and friendly fokes here. Also you might want to try Jeff free 5 day course it is on the left side of the page.
As for pieces and parts they cook quicker for me, I like about 300 for my temp, but like has already been said 170 is temp to shoot for on the biggest part of piece of bird
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