On Dec 28, 2:27*pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> Nunya Bidnits wrote:
> > Janet Wilder said:
> >> Sqwertz wrote:
> >>> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:30:04 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> >>>> I had a package with two butts from Sam's Club in the freezer and I
> >>>> needed the space so I defrosted them and put both on my smoker
> >>>> today. I have a Brinkman Delux bullet smoker.
>
> >>>> The bottom butt got very crusty. I had to remove it as it didn't
> >>>> pull well. The meat pulled easily and it's packed away.
>
> >>>> Butt number 2, which was on top is still wrapped in foil and towels
> >>>> in the "free" 'Omaha Steak' cooler. *I'll probably pull that one in
> >>>> a little while.
>
> >>>> The smoker ran around 250 and the meat smoked about 10 hours. Butt
> >>>> number one spent another 3 in the "cooler" and Number one will have
> >>>> spent about 4 hours extra.
>
> >>>> BTW the first butt was still very hot when I took it from the
> >>>> cooler.
>
> >>>> Is there a way to prevent the bottom butt from getting so crusty?
>
> >>> Did you use the water pan?
>
> >>> BTW: *It's a Brinkmann Gourmet, not a Brinkman Delux.
>
> >>> -sw
> >> The water pan has sand in it. Is that why it got crusty?
>
> > It's probably just because it was closest to the heat source. That will
> > happen in almost any stick or charcoal burning cooker. You can rotate the
> > meat, place the thickest side towards the heat (hard to do in a vertical
> > cylinder though), or try to modify the lower rack so it sits higher up in
> > the cylinder. Also I have noticed that in cylinders they tend to be hotter
> > towards the perimiter of the cylinder than towards the center so be sure the
> > meat is placed square in the middle of the rack.
>
> > If you're not using a minion method to start the charcoals, the fire may
> > just be getting too hot all at once.
>
> > MartyB in KC
>
> Marty,
>
> Could you kindly explain "minion method"
>
> I start mine in a chimney
>
> --
Your a brave woman starting a thread about her two butts..
Lots of stuff on the web on this one, it's pretty widespread. (like
some butts, heh)
http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/fireup2.html#minion
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...aq i=g8g-s1g1