Was trimming up a 14# last weekend. Followed lots of trimming videos - I get bored sometimes. I started and finished this one just like dozens before it. Got it to looking nice and wing-like with flowing curves and all.
I have never really wondered before - but I did then: I cook on a UDS. If that hunk of meat is laying flat on a grate- fire underneath- and vent up high, was I wasting my time? No matter how much trimming- wouldn't it have all the aerodynamics of a 2x10 - as seen from the wide side?
I can absolutely see sacrificing the flats super thin end bit- it will turn hard and dried out.
But the rest of the sculpting?
I have never really wondered before - but I did then: I cook on a UDS. If that hunk of meat is laying flat on a grate- fire underneath- and vent up high, was I wasting my time? No matter how much trimming- wouldn't it have all the aerodynamics of a 2x10 - as seen from the wide side?
I can absolutely see sacrificing the flats super thin end bit- it will turn hard and dried out.
But the rest of the sculpting?