Butt Smokin' In The Winter

Smoked my first pork butt on this pit. Actually the first time I've used anything other than my Masterbuilt Electric smoker. This is gonna take some practice.

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[Argonath18]

This grill is a beast! That thing is huge! I like the gas/charcoal/smoker/searer functionality of this though. Anything a person could want to do, it's all right there. How is the paint holding up?

[letmeplaymystrat]

@Argonath18 Yes it is huge. I love it. The paint is holding up really well. The only problem I've had with the paint is on the top of the fire box. Everything else looks great.

[kc2rjb]

I just used my new duo today, same as yours. I had a hard time keeping the temp up. I was using a briquet I never heard of but seemed to burn ok. I had to use a 18 pound bag to finish the 4 slabs of pork ribs. 7 hours and should have gone longer. I'm trying lump next time, I'll flip the coal grate over for more hight and I'm going to put the dryer vent tube on the smoke stack inside to help hold more heat in., any other idea's I sure would like to hear them...ken

[letmeplaymystrat]

Hi Ken, 18 pounds is a lot of charcoal. I think the lump will burn hotter, but it burns a lot faster too. You should try to pick up some wood chunks, like the one that I was using to prop the firebox lid open. Throw some unlit coals in the firebox, then a chimney of lit coals on top of that and Mesquite or Hickory chunks/logs on top of that. The ones that I get are about 4"-6" in diameter and about 6" long. They burn for a while. Good luck

[BWaustinTX]

nice video.. have you figured out how not to get the heat up so much? Your yard with the ATT box in the backyard looks like mine. Any chance you live in Austin TX?

[letmeplaymystrat]

Still have some work to do, haven't had a lot of time for it the last few months. No, I don't live in Austin, but not too far. I am in Louisiana.

[danieljh]

My char griller pro smoker w/side fire box is leaky is hell. I don't know what the engineers were thinking but I used a shitload of stove silicone to seal up all the little gaps around the thing....otherwise ..you tend to use WAYYY TOO MUCH wood and/or charcoal just to do 1 Boston butt. Check out the Char Griller Mods on You tube if you are having the same problems.

[lickburner48]

sometimes if you put to much charcoal its very hard to control the heat i learned the hard way i built a charcoal basket so i could to the minion method but made it way to big and had to crack the lid on my smoker to now i got a masterbuilt smokehouse smoker we shall see how that works out

[Spooninbrian]

It's to hot because of the oak wood your using. If you use charcoal with one or 2 chucks of oak you should be able to maintain a good temp.

[Trijem235]

The grill is really nice I have one myself.

[Soulman1282]

If you're trying to cool your fire down you don't feed it more oxygen. You need to choke it out. Close you bottom and top damper almost all the way. As you decrease the airflow you'll see the temp drop. Good luck.

[12quillemall5321]

Your grill rules. I thought mine was the bomb.  But your put mine to shame.

[cablrus1]

Yes awesome grill I have same set up myself acquired it for free last Aug and have been grilling ever since.

[ayerjake]

I can keep mine at a steady 140 if I want, just add a few coals to the box every half hour ar so. CHARGRILLERS RULE!!!

[ayerjake]

@seattwa What a F'n NEWB! Less O2 Less Heat!

[seattwa]

Yes, the vents. Close the vents a little, just enough oxygen to keep the fire alive. The more oxygen the hotter the fire the higher the temp. I have this same rig. It's not that easy to use. A few minor design flaws. But it works pretty well. And is well made, sturdy.