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OK I'm not the kind of person that understands the science behind all of this so I need some imput on something.
I plan to smoke something for the entire family (approx. 6 adults,and 3 toddlers)
It will probrably be something that consist of lots of pieces....chicken...pork chops..pork steaks..etc...etc...
Here is my question.
The more product you have in the smokette ,,do you need to anticipate a longer cooking time?
do you need to set a higher temp than normal...I usually smoke at 225.
Also , what about rotating the meat....I'll use all three shelves and have probrably 3-4 pieces on each shelf.
Not sure if I worded these questions right or not.
I have never smoked more than 3 sides of ribs at one time.
thanks for any input you have.

cookin-n-arkansas
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If they were the same size butts,they would be close.

The one on the bottom,nearest the heat element,gets a little more direct heat.It may be a little quicker.

To answer your question about load,it usually cooks better with a full load.

Let the cooker hold the temperature,don't do too much door opening and the times will be fairly consistent.
I agree with Tom, Kevin. It's about the size of each piece of meat, not about the total load. However, I have found that a big load may cook a tad faster than a single butt (for instance)... I think that the smoker holds a more consistent temp with a lot of meat in there than in does (up and down) with a single chunk. A more consistent, slightly quicker cook. hope that helps

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