Well, I figgered I'd burn up a few of those high dollar wood pucks we bought for the boss and take the new Bradley for a test ride.
I got a pair of nice 7# butts, rubbed them pretty heavy with a brown sugar based rub, put em both on one rack second from the top.
I then took the leap of faith unheard of in the world of traditional smokers. At 5:00 PM I set er' at 210, stuck the meat and enough pucks for 4 hours of smoke into the machine, plugged it back in and...........................................................................................................................WENT HOME!!!
Came back this morning and was relieved that there were no fire trucks in the parking lot. Ran out back, turned the digital temp probe that I had stuck in the meat the night before on and wa-la, 200 degrees on the nose!
14# of bonless butt, 16 (COMPLETELY unattended) hours at about 210 and what looks to be 2 perfect butts wrapped and in a cooler awaiting luch time.
We shall see how they taste shortly.
If the Cookshack is this easy and the meat tastes as good as it looks, I may soon be the proud new owner of an AmeriQue!