Hello! I'm having trouble lately when making BBRs on my Kettle. Yesterday I tried smoking 2 racks, and they were 6 hours into the cook and still weren't ready! I started at 225f and then took it up to 275f at around the four hour mark because they were far from ready.
I took them out of the Kettle almost at 6 hours (people were hungry!) and they still didn't pass the bend test, were a little chewy and felt somewhat dry. Also, there wasn't much bark. I don't like to wrap because I prefer the nice bark. I used a the Smoke thermomether with the needle probe on the thickest part and they were at 167f, almost six hours in!
It's not the first time this has happened, where they're taking way too long to cook. Is it maybe there isn't enough airflow inside the Kettle when it gets so crowded? The only thing I did differently this time was spritzing with apple cider vinegar once in a while. Perhaps that slowed it down?
I'd much appreciate your expertise!
I took them out of the Kettle almost at 6 hours (people were hungry!) and they still didn't pass the bend test, were a little chewy and felt somewhat dry. Also, there wasn't much bark. I don't like to wrap because I prefer the nice bark. I used a the Smoke thermomether with the needle probe on the thickest part and they were at 167f, almost six hours in!
It's not the first time this has happened, where they're taking way too long to cook. Is it maybe there isn't enough airflow inside the Kettle when it gets so crowded? The only thing I did differently this time was spritzing with apple cider vinegar once in a while. Perhaps that slowed it down?
I'd much appreciate your expertise!
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