Saturday, December 18, 2010

Mini test day

going to see how long of a cook i can get and what temps i can maintain.

after an hour and half
top grate - 275*F
bottom    - 295*F

2nd hour
top grate - 250*F
bottom    - 275*F

3rd hour - added a chuck roast
top grate - 275*F
bottom    - 274*F

4th hour
top grate - 250*F
bottom    - 250*F

4 1/2 hours heat spike
top grate -  275*F
bottom    -  300*F

5th hour
top grate -  275*F
bottom    -  295*F

charcoal left after 5 hours..chuck at approx 150)F

6th hour(foiled chuck)
top grate - 270*F
bottom    - 290*F

7th hour (meat 204*)
top grate  - 225*F
bottom     - 250*F

took meat off shortly there after





8th hour
top grate - ?
bottom grate - ?

i am going to check the temps again in half an hour when the 8th hour is up but i am sure the mini is either hotter or out because i had a heat spike just after taking out the chuckie.. i can easily do pork butt of size on this knowing that i would have to add some more charcoal if it got past a 10 hour cook.

8th hour
top grate 175*
bottom grate 225*

i still had the vents open only about 1/4 of the way...there is probably still around 1/4 charcoal of what i started with, if i moved them around i could get temps back up and continue...a long cook is without a doubt possible on this cooker. i dont think i even used 3lbs to get to 8 hours..i filled it up without packing it tighly to the bottom of the lip of the smokey joe. i will take pictures tomorrow of exactly how much charcoal is left.

after the cook
plenty of coals left





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