12 degrees last night at 10pm, putting on a 6 lb boneless butt at 200, the coldest I’ve tried. The grill fired right up, put on the butt, and the temp kept right on going up to 300, then down to 150. Went back and forth like that for 90 minutes, never varying. Removed and refrigerated the butt and shut down the grill, didn’t feel like fighting it at midnight at 12 degrees.
Did a little reading on higher heat short cooks. At 8am I vacuumed fire box and restarted at 275, no further issues with the temp. At about 11 the butt hit 165, wrapped in foil, put in an aluminum pan and bumped it up to 300. Probe tender at 3pm. Certainly doesn’t look like the meteor I’m used to.
pros, super moist, my best ever in that category. Fast at 7 hours, very passable when you’re short on time.
cons, not much bark or smoke flavor.
No more 12 degree cooks for me.
Did a little reading on higher heat short cooks. At 8am I vacuumed fire box and restarted at 275, no further issues with the temp. At about 11 the butt hit 165, wrapped in foil, put in an aluminum pan and bumped it up to 300. Probe tender at 3pm. Certainly doesn’t look like the meteor I’m used to.
pros, super moist, my best ever in that category. Fast at 7 hours, very passable when you’re short on time.
cons, not much bark or smoke flavor.
No more 12 degree cooks for me.
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