It did it again… smoker failed mid session. Throw in oven or throw in trash? (Internal 110°)

[mike243]

A pellet smoker gives less smoke and flavor the higher you go, smokers having issues at 225 more than other temps is because more folks run that temp, if 1 is going to have a problem a higher temp will get you there faster, a lot of time pellets cross up and stop feeding from what I have read over the years, A good remote therm with a high and low alert will save the day no matter what smoker your using. In the 8 or so years I been running my PB I had 1 pellet feed issue and I caught it quickly, I have done a pile of overnight cooks without issue, but I also run a remote therm to keep track of it, I also been known to set my alarm for 2 hours and look at the temps then reset go back to sleep. Sure it gets harder to do it as I get older but have pulled a lot of overnighters feeding wood and charcoal. I prefer pellet for nighttime use, been know to run 4-6 hours charcoal/wood then switch to pellet to finish to keep the smell out of the house.

 

[jcam222]

Our website host, Jeff, turned me on to smoking butts at 300°. Takes about 4-5 hours that way, and no noticeable difference in texture or flavor.

Hot and fast is the way to go on butts for sure. I'm team 275 up to the wrap and 300 after.