Learned a lot on this cook about this pit. Many thanks to
TNJAKE
for his tips yesterday.
Got a rip roaring fire going about an hour or so into the cook. Temps got too hot, close to 350° for a while. Ended up in the stall around 5 hours in. This was a 12 pound prime packer from Costco. IT reached 200 at 10 hours.
The plan had been to run 250°-275° for 12-14 hours. Well, the spike in temp really affected that. Had people coming for lunch today, so the rest of the plan was to rest and hold in my warmer until noon. With the quick cook time, it ended up being about 14 hours rest. Still very tasty and tender across the point. I feel like the flat was pretty dry, but my Indian neighbors thought it was great LOL.
As I said, learned a lot about the new pit. Hopefully better next time.
I think the smoke looked pretty good.
Final product.
Edit: I say "Well" too much lol.
TNJAKE
for his tips yesterday.Got a rip roaring fire going about an hour or so into the cook. Temps got too hot, close to 350° for a while. Ended up in the stall around 5 hours in. This was a 12 pound prime packer from Costco. IT reached 200 at 10 hours.
The plan had been to run 250°-275° for 12-14 hours. Well, the spike in temp really affected that. Had people coming for lunch today, so the rest of the plan was to rest and hold in my warmer until noon. With the quick cook time, it ended up being about 14 hours rest. Still very tasty and tender across the point. I feel like the flat was pretty dry, but my Indian neighbors thought it was great LOL.
As I said, learned a lot about the new pit. Hopefully better next time.
I think the smoke looked pretty good.
Final product.
Edit: I say "Well" too much lol.
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