most pounds yet

[phathead69]

18 pounds of butt and 12 pound brisket. largest smoke to date. doing it for retirement lunch at work tomorrow. just went on 430. hoping to hit and push thru stall in early am. all will be good. if time starts becoming issue I'll pull and wrap 4-6 am. into 325 - 350 oven finish up. get pork pulled and finish brisket. have at work at 12:00 for lunch.

 

[JLeonard]

Looks like a great start. I'll be around in morning with a cup of coffee for the finish.
Jim

 

[tbern]

great start to your big smoking job!!

 

[sawhorseray]

Watching, good luck on the timing! RAY

 

[phathead69]

well went quicker than I thought. partly I think was the oak and hickory were welllll seasoned and dryyyyy. so probably ran little hotter at times. wrapped around 10pm. butts finished up 230 am. the brisket was temping 195 or so then. probe felt little tight dead center. so went another 45 mins (stick adds for my smoker are roughly every 45), brisket had that jello shake. center still ever so slight resistance. pulled figure carry over will finish. no picks then but I'll get some before pllng and slicing.

 

[tbern]

great that everything went well for you with the smoking!

 

[Colin1230]

Hope this gets you a raise.

 

[phathead69]

turned out great.

 

[tbern]

does look delicious, nice job!!

 

[JLeonard]

Man that looks good!
Jim