First butts on modified el cheapo brinkman ...pics and Q view

[Rings Я Us]

Lol.. yeah.. if we don't get real busy here I don't work as much.. I sit and read stuff till we have customers..

 

[jokensmoken]

Sounds good to me...[emoji]128526[/emoji][emoji]128526[/emoji][emoji]128526[/emoji]

 

[jokensmoken]

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• jokensmoken
• Jul 21, 2017

So pretty happy...added more charcoal a few hours ago...let the temp settle back in and went to dinner...gone about an hour and a half...came back and temp was exactly where it was when I left.
I don't usually leave when I'm smoking...not for fear of ruining what's in the smoker but out of fear of fire...but my daughter was here so...

 

[Rings Я Us]

That's great.. you can trust it now and maybe take a snooze even during a long cook [emoji]128512[/emoji]

 

[Rings Я Us]

Got another bushel steel tub in mail today.. this one I'm gonna make into a mailbox mod base. [emoji]128526[/emoji]

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• Rings Я Us
• Jul 21, 2017

 

[Rings Я Us]

Then I can run the pellet maze thing in the mailbox and use a bit of heat along with it by way of charcoal.

 

[jokensmoken]

Yeah, that is the goal...to be able to start in the middle of the evening and have it run through morning

 

[jokensmoken]

I've got a tube and the maze...they both work very well.

 

[Rings Я Us]

I know this junk heap will outlast fresh batteries in a PartQ at 225 all day [emoji]128514[/emoji] it's dialed in great ..not sure about if it's cold outside though..

 

[jokensmoken]

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• jokensmoken
• Jul 21, 2017

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First butt off (202°IT) and ready to wrap (8:15) Smells awesome.[emoji]128513[/emoji][emoji]128513[/emoji][emoji]128513[/emoji]

 

[jokensmoken]

Mine all run a little cooler in the winter...a wind block and a welders blanket even them right out even at 20° outside...I'm not smoking when it's any colder out.

 

[Rings Я Us]

Ok.. nice .. Long cook!

 

[Rings Я Us]

Wrap the baby up.. lol

 

[Rings Я Us]

Should rest it open a few.. then wrap it to hold.. it's gonna keep cooking wrapped to soon right?

 

[Rings Я Us]

I take brisket to 170 and then wrap.. not sure about resting a butt.. they can stand more I bet.

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• Rings Я Us
• Jul 21, 2017

 

[Rings Я Us]

I think from 200 or 205 back to 170 to 175 is about 30 minutes rest.. give or take 15 minutes.. the hold in a good insulated cooler for a few hours sure helps.. I like that trick..

 

[jokensmoken]

Yup... it's wrapped in foil a towel and in the cooler...I've held them for over six hours that way and had them over 160° when I pulled them.

 

[Rings Я Us]

Nice.. can pull 200 and rest on counter uncovered.. to 175 and then wrap to hold in cooler too..

 

[Rings Я Us]

I can smell that..

 

[jokensmoken]

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• jokensmoken
• Jul 21, 2017

2nd butt done, wrapped and in the cooler.