never cooked 2 butts at the same time before

[smokinstevo27]

Gentleman, Im smoking 2 butts on my ecb modded with a smokey joe for the fire pan. My question is how much will the fire temps be affected by cooking that much meat simultaneously? The butts weigh in at roughly 8 lbs a piece

 

[rp ribking]

Smokin, Keep the temps between 225* and 275* butts are very forgiving, I like to smoke them on the lower temp (225*) with hickory or cherry. Just fill up that ecb and adjust your bottom damper and keep your water pan full.  Are you Foiling at any point? This would be a good trial, foil one and not the other.

Anyway, Good Luck

 

[smokinstevo27]

Thanks bro, how do you like your wsm? Are they as easy to use as people say? Im new to bbq and Im absolutely in love with it. I really want a wsm but I havent personally talked to anyone about them. Its a chunk of change to buy one but people sure do make it sound like they are worth it.

 

[scarbelly]

Here is the basic on temp - smoke at 225 until the internal reads 165 then foil and take to 205 then pull and wrap in towels and into a cooler (no ice) for at least an hour. I have left them in the cooler for as long as 7 hours and they were still too hot to pull by hand - you want to fill the entire cooler if you are going to leave in there more than an hour or two -

Good luck with the smoke

 

[marty catka]

Scarbelly's got you covered.  Just remember that those butts will probably not get done at the same time.  I once had two butts finish 3 hours apart.  Good luck, you'll do just fine.

 

[Bearcarver]

Yup, Scarbelly said it exactamundo!

 

[jbg4208]

Smokinstevo, I have cooked as many as 20 at the same time in my stick burner and did not change anything with the fire. It might take a bit longer to get your pit temp up to 225 - 250 but once it is there you should be able to hold it as you normally do.

I have not noticed a big difference , if any, at all cooking 1 butt or 20. But I am using a wood burning pit. .

Hope this helps.

Boone

 

[walt408]

Back in June I smoked 3 butts in my 18.5" WSM. It didn't use any more fuel than normal. They were done in 10 1/2 - 11 1/2 hours. I wrapped them in foil at 160* and took them off at 205*. Then they were wrapped in towels and placed in a dry cooler overnight and pulled the next morning; 12 hours later they were 160*.

 

[rp ribking]

Thanks bro, how do you like your wsm? Are they as easy to use as people say? Im new to bbq and Im absolutely in love with it. I really want a wsm but I havent personally talked to anyone about them. Its a chunk of change to buy one but people sure do make it sound like they are worth it.

Smokin, I love my WSM, They are almost like the "Ronco" set it and forget it.  

 

[bob1961]

i got lucky friday when i did two, they stayed within 10 degrees of each other the 11 hours in the smoker and finished at the same time and sat in the cooler for 2 hours.........bob

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