friesian_rain
Senior Cook
Well, I did it ! wooohooo My first ever WSM cook on my brand new WSM
I chose to do some pork butt, thank you everybody for telling me that would be the way to go. Did an overnight cook. Started with over 16 lbs of butt, trimmed up the 2 butts were 8 and 7 lbs. I dry rubbed and put in fridge early morning. Used K briquettes with Guava wood chunks. Ran into some problems with my brand new dual probe Maverick, cost me some sleep, (it doesn't transmit 100' !). Temps in WSM stayed generally around the 250 temp. Coals lasted all night, right to the end! Butts put in at 9 pm and taken out at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m when they reached 190 degrees. Foiled and let sit for a bit before shredding.
We had a bit of wind come up so I "housed' the wsm in my dog kennel/outdoor cooking area; a chain link kennel with a cover and thick rubber matted floor that I never put the dogs in. I use that area for deep frying the turkeys or long grilling times..... I can put a wind block around the sides of the kennel and the cover keeps out the rain and I can close up the door to keep the dogs away and tease the bears !
I'm very happy ! I love it love it ..... Pork came out very tasty. Thanks again everybody for the hints/tips, can't wait until I'm ready to do brisket !
I chose to do some pork butt, thank you everybody for telling me that would be the way to go. Did an overnight cook. Started with over 16 lbs of butt, trimmed up the 2 butts were 8 and 7 lbs. I dry rubbed and put in fridge early morning. Used K briquettes with Guava wood chunks. Ran into some problems with my brand new dual probe Maverick, cost me some sleep, (it doesn't transmit 100' !). Temps in WSM stayed generally around the 250 temp. Coals lasted all night, right to the end! Butts put in at 9 pm and taken out at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m when they reached 190 degrees. Foiled and let sit for a bit before shredding.
We had a bit of wind come up so I "housed' the wsm in my dog kennel/outdoor cooking area; a chain link kennel with a cover and thick rubber matted floor that I never put the dogs in. I use that area for deep frying the turkeys or long grilling times..... I can put a wind block around the sides of the kennel and the cover keeps out the rain and I can close up the door to keep the dogs away and tease the bears !
I'm very happy ! I love it love it ..... Pork came out very tasty. Thanks again everybody for the hints/tips, can't wait until I'm ready to do brisket !