Saturday morning butts

Cliff H. · Nov 15, 2008

Four butts is about all my uds will hold on one grate. They are weighing in at 40lbs total.

I just purchased a set of scales so I can stop guessing at how much finished weight I have and how much is going in the bags.

Neil · Nov 15, 2008

Looks good Cliff. Why the foil around the rim?

Cliff H. · Nov 15, 2008

Neil said:
Looks good Cliff. Why the foil around the rim?

I did not read the uds thread good enough.

The foil helps give the weber lid a better seal.

Bbq Bubba · Nov 15, 2008

Thats a full load there Cliff!
Not much space to draw air, hows the temps doing?

Midnight Smoke · Nov 15, 2008

That should be good! Tight fit.

Cliff H. · Nov 15, 2008

Bbq Bubba said:
Thats a full load there Cliff!
Not much space to draw air, hows the temps doing?

I left a 4" square hole right in the center with draft in mind. There is a little space around the edges. As they shrink they will draw better.. The temps seem to be holding real steady.

I am going to cook a little hotter than normal because I want this cook to be finished on the same day it started.:lol:

Trucky1008 · Nov 15, 2008

That's a nice load of butts you got there Cliff! Be sure to follow up with pics of the finished butts. I just love pics of nice butts! :biggrin:

BBQ Grail · Nov 15, 2008

You are off to a great start.

What rub are you using?

1_T_Scot · Nov 15, 2008

Good looking butts you have Cliff.

I am curious to see how much of the 40lbs you have left. I did 8 earlier this year and ended up with around 60% I think.

nthole · Nov 15, 2008

40lbs of butts...looks delicious. That'll make a nice snack, but what are you actually making for dinner! :grin:

JD McGee · Nov 15, 2008

Yep...that there's a butt load of butts! :lol: What did you rub 'em up with?

Bbq Bubba · Nov 15, 2008

Cliff???

Wakey, wakey....

Cliff H. · Nov 15, 2008

I have had low temp issues. I have had to transfer all four butts to my wsm. Things are better now.

jestridge · Nov 15, 2008

Those looks wonderful

Bbq Bubba · Nov 15, 2008

Cliff H. said:
I have had low temp issues. I have had to transfer all four butts to my wsm. Things are better now.

Well, i didn't want to say anything but been there, done that....

Not enough air flow to get a good air draw and the large amount of dripping fat all but extinguishes the coals.

Cliff H. · Nov 15, 2008

Bbq Bubba said:
Well, i didn't want to say anything but been there, done that....

Not enough air flow to get a good air draw and the large amount of dripping fat all but extinguishes the coals.

I am not going to argue that is was crowded.

I had similar issues when I did 8 butts on two racks. I have done 4 a couple of times before with no real problems but they were smaller cuts.

I have to consider a few other things also.

Besides air flow :

Low 40's all day.

High wind all day.

Rather small pcs of lump.

Seeing how the problems started well into the cook I have to think that air flow was the major contributor to the problem. Everything else just made it worse.

Cliff H. · Nov 15, 2008

This is all that was left of about 8lbs of lump after only 5 hours.

Normally that is enough to get thru a 12 hour cook.

Cliff H. · Nov 15, 2008

And 12 hours later

thillin · Nov 15, 2008

Lookin good Cliff

Bbq Bubba · Nov 15, 2008

Nice save on the butt's Cliff!! :biggrin:

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