Received my Americue and seasoned Thursday. Friday I cooked a Turkey and a chicken and they turned out great. Today is Butt day.
Went to Costco and got a 2 pack of boneless Boston butts at 5.5 lbs. each. Rubbed and let set for 24 hrs. At 10:30 PM Friday I put them in the smoker at 180F. at 5:30 AM bumped temperature to 225F.
After a lot of reading on this great site I was aware of possible temerature variations, so I have been tracking the temperatures.
One Butt has the built in probe, the other a wirless probe. At 8:00 AM both Butts were at 165F. Then one Butt started going backwards down to 161. It took 3 hours to recover back to 165. It then started back up but was about 10F below other Butt.
At 12:00 I opened the smoker to add a pan of baked beans. At this time I moved the probe for the slow Butt and closed it up. I then checked the temperatures and the slow Butt was 6F higher and within 2F of the other one.
Obviously probe placement makes a difference.
Does anyone have suggestions for proper placement?
1:00 PM and still cooking.
Thanks Jim.
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