I smoked my first butt today and was disappointed at the lack of smoke flavor. I injected it with a cider base injection the night before and used Webber dry rub on the outside. I used red oak splits for fuel. I kept the cc temp between 220 and 235 till the eternal temp reached 170 then turned up the heat to 250 - 300 till my leave in probe was reading 190, I was about to wrap it to rest and decided to recheck the temp, it was only about 178 so I wrapped it and finished it in the oven. Any ideas what happened?
Do some butts just not take smoke well?
Do some butts just not take smoke well?