Gonna cook two butts today and a brisket tomorrow here is the butts @175 right before they were foiled and put back in. This is only my second time to do butts and this one took a little longer to get to 175 than the last one. I had a stall at 160 to 165 on both and they both finally hit 175 right about 8 hours after they went in thinking about another two hours until they can be pulled @ 195 but they are done when they are done. Who said you can't get bark on an MES and I know foil the water pan next time.