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Pork Belly

I did a pork belly today.  This was my longest smoke on the new smoker.   The meat was 6.25 pounds and was smoked from 0800 to 1930 (11.5 hours).  I have never had a pork belly take that long ever.  Final temp was 190 degrees.  The pork belly also expanded in height (never seen that before either).

I used 4 oz of hickory.  My bark did not get as dark as it does on my Weber using the same recipe.  I have done multiple pork bellies on my Weber (third picture attached) and they were very dark.  Normally 8-9 hours to get to 190 degrees.

I also had a temperature probe issue near the end of the cook.  At 1800 the probe was reading 179 degrees.  I verified with my Thermoworks at it read the same temperature.  I spritzed and the probe temperature dropped to 176 and never recovered. 

It smells great and will be eaten for lunch tomorrow.

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