Had a couple of small hunks of pork butt on hand which seemed like a good way to start experimenting with firebox..
Thanks USMCCrashCrew89 for initial tip here, after using charcoal to get fire going I tried just one split at at a time. Even with dampers not super open, that generated plenty of heat. Photos here show damper positioning, single split, and grill temp around 300 (according to built-in dial) which is where I managed to get things stable for a while.
Used a foil pan to make a water pan which I think (?) helped keep things stable, but still with my lack of expertise I had temp swinging all over from 250-350 at at times.
Again failed to photograph final result (pulled) before eating but came out much better than I expected. Bark was awesome - I've done many butts on pellet cookers and maybe just coincidence but this was better than I'd gotten in a while. With hunks that small I didn't need to foil and was done in around 5 hours + an hour resting.
On the whole very happy with this, I expected to have a few really bad results before getting anything edible. Thinking now what to try next, probably chuckie or lamb shoulder..
Thanks USMCCrashCrew89 for initial tip here, after using charcoal to get fire going I tried just one split at at a time. Even with dampers not super open, that generated plenty of heat. Photos here show damper positioning, single split, and grill temp around 300 (according to built-in dial) which is where I managed to get things stable for a while.
Used a foil pan to make a water pan which I think (?) helped keep things stable, but still with my lack of expertise I had temp swinging all over from 250-350 at at times.
Again failed to photograph final result (pulled) before eating but came out much better than I expected. Bark was awesome - I've done many butts on pellet cookers and maybe just coincidence but this was better than I'd gotten in a while. With hunks that small I didn't need to foil and was done in around 5 hours + an hour resting.
On the whole very happy with this, I expected to have a few really bad results before getting anything edible. Thinking now what to try next, probably chuckie or lamb shoulder..
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