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  1. ninethirty

    first attempt at pork butt

    I wish I could say I thought of it. If you google "terra cotta smoker" you'll find a frightening number of hits. I believe Alton Brown on the Food Network popularized the idea.
  2. ninethirty

    first attempt at pork butt

    The terracotta doesn't have the ...er....sheer manliness of an offset firebox, does it? But it seems to do the job. For something that started out as a whim when big pots were on clearance, I'm getting pretty fond of it. It's insulated, gets plenty hot, and it's certainly cheap. The smoker...
  3. ninethirty

    first attempt at pork butt

    Wow, that makes me feel better. I think I probably could hit 250...the hotplate (er...i mean Electric Smoker Thermostatic Control Unit) wasn't turned all the way up. I'll try going higher next time. I will. I noticed the "how to roast pork butt" sticky mentioned resting in a cooler, but I...
  4. ninethirty

    first attempt at pork butt

    So, I found this site a bit late in the game -- an hour or two into my first pork butt. Seemed to work pretty well, though; I have high hopes that the next one will be better. I'm smoking in a flower pot, which I understand is not too uncommon around here. It's electric, which conveniently...
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