Butts were on sale

[Bill The Grill Guy]

Harris Teeter had butts on sale for .99 lb. Bought 4 for a test run on the WSM. Few questions:

1. Sand or water?

2. How long, this is the second cook, first long one?

3. How much Kingsford will I use?

 

[Puff1]

I was told sand holds temps better.
I did a butt and two chucks. Cook was 12 hrs. some said it wasn't long enough.
I used just under a 1/4 bag.

 

[Bill The Grill Guy]

I was told sand holds temps better.
I did a butt and two chucks. Cook was 12 hrs. some said it wasn't long enough.
I used just under a 1/4 bag.

Just for the sake of argument, you didn't foil did you? I usually foil but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, for this one I am not to satisfy the OTHER members on this forum.

 

[wittdog]

Sand or Water up to you...if you use sand watch the temps on the way up...if you use water you'll need to add more at about the 8 hr mark...

Charcoal...fill the ring and maybe a little extra..
My butts typically take about 16hrs....without foil

 

[Puff1]

Yes I did
For the last 2 hrs.
We were hungry

 

[Greg Rempe]

Unless I've been in a bad time crunch, I've never foiled my butt until after it comes off and goes in the cooler.

 

[LarryWolfe]

Get a 20lb bag of kingsford and 4-5 chunks of wood. Fill the ring to the point it's about to over flow and mix your wood throughout. Use sand, (no fuss no muss), about 1/3 of a pan wrapped serveral times with foil. Add your butts then add about 10-15 lit coals. Keep all vents 100% open until your dome temp hits 200*, then shut the bottom three down 75%. Your temp may initially drop about 5 degrees, but will continue to slow creep up and should settle between 245-260*, which which will give you a grate temp between 230-245*. When you temps start to drop about 8-10 hours later, give the legs a light kick or tap to knock the excess ash through the charcoal grate. Sometimes a light stir of the coals is necessary to help with airflow.

 

[Finney]

What Larry said....

He's the official charcoal loader and starter for the BBQ-4-U Competition Cooking Team. :roll:

 

[Unity]

When you temps start to drop about 8-10 hours later, give the legs a light kick or tap to knock the excess ash through the charcoal grate. Sometimes a light stir of the coals is necessary to help with airflow.

Emphasis on the light or you'll have charcoal ash on the meat.

--John 8)
(DAMHIK. )

 

[WalterSC]

Harris Teeter had butts on sale for .99 lb. Bought 4 for a test run on the WSM. Few questions:

I got 4 this morning from the local BiLo 1.99 a lb , and tht cleaned the shelf , they didnt have any ribs left at all . They had what I would call baby butts , them things dont even look big enough to feed one person.
The ones I got were 16.5 lbs totaled.