Got the smoker fired up and made the dumbest mistake ever

[phillipleondria]

So i got a beautiful Boston Butt on the Smoker, and just for kicks i made myself a nice breakfast fatty for snacking. I really hate to waste room on my smoker, so I try to do a couple things at once just because I feel like i'm accomplishing more than I am. So anyway, I made a beautiful bacon wrapped fatty, lattice is so awesome, I put it on the smoker on my stack side, let it sit for about an hour I go check the temp and its down to 200, not horrible but my smoker hums so easy at 225-250, and I spent about 30 minutes tinkering with drafts, vents, and even a fan then I opened my smoker and saw it....I nearly perfect circle on top of my fatty.....I put it just a bit close to the stack and except for one small section I had nearly choked off my smoke stack, and clogged up my smoker with my fatty. I guess its not always true, bacon doesn't make everything better...Smokin ain't easy but it sure is fun.

 

[3montes]

Things like that happen! It's called learning I bet you don't do it again!

 

[phillipleondria]

Definately not, just thought it was hillarious, I was working my butt off trying to get my heat up and my own food was working against me.

 

[crankybuzzard]

Ha! Pray that is the worst thing that ever happens when smoking!

We've all got some stories like that. I buried the probe of my thermometer into a brisket on my offset once. Like you, I jacked with it for a long time trying to figure out why I had a cold spot!

 

[phillipleondria]

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• phillipleondria
• Oct 7, 2016

Fatty is done
Just waiting on my pork butt its at 170 now

 

[stubster]

From the looks of it,youre still going to have a happy ending![emoji]128523[/emoji]