cleglue
Head Chef
For those they may want to know about the efficiency of the WSM. I filled the WSM with unlit Original Lump Charcoal to the top of ring and added about 5 chunks of hickory. I used 15 lit Kingsford’s briquettes to get the smoker started (placing them at different spots on top of the unlit lump. I started the WSM at 1:15 AM and had the smoker up to temperature by 2:00AM. I had already put the butts on so it seemed to take longer to get to temperature than without the meat on this morning. The smoker maintained a temperature between 210 and 250 until the butts were done at 3:30PM this afternoon. I still had a lot of lump charcoal left.
That is 14 hours and 15 minutes. The early morning temperatures I believe were in the 40s.
Here are the pictures of what was left after 14 hours and 15 minutes.
I shook the ring on this photo to let some of the ash fall through. I also have two grates that the lump is sitting on, one from the WSM and the other from my ECB the grates are criss-crossed.
That is 14 hours and 15 minutes. The early morning temperatures I believe were in the 40s.
Here are the pictures of what was left after 14 hours and 15 minutes.
I shook the ring on this photo to let some of the ash fall through. I also have two grates that the lump is sitting on, one from the WSM and the other from my ECB the grates are criss-crossed.