So I have had a MBES 30 for a few years I like it a lot and have had some great luck with it ...but doing pork butts in it is just messy ...so I got a Ok Joe longhorn did some ribs on it came out great ... using chunk charcoal and wood blocks for smoke
today we had an event at work and I volunteered to cook 4 butts and everyone has liked them in the past ... Rubbed em got the grill cozy with some chunk put on the butts made several looks at the weather report should be no problems ..right ... 18 mph wind coming from every direction I'm spinning the grill working the vent its running 250 degrees (that means its 200 at cooking lvl per my oven thermometer) all day I'm feeding this hog ... I have to get her some logs ... she is just eating through the chunks ....
Then it happens ... the buts hit the wall at 151 Degrees .. normal right ... remember the weather man nice day ... here come the rain ...now it all I can do to maintain temp I mean what the hell damp air ... was going to set up a tent over it but the wind ... gheesh that wouldn't have work 3 hours at 151 .. wont move and I can barley keep the grill at 250 .. rain stops boom the butts start their climb and stop again at 170 .. grrr finnaly I give up ... everyone is hungry so its sliced butts not pulled pork ...they were tasty and everyone seems to love them and they took all of it home ... so maybe not a failure but gheesh was it the rain or was it me ....
I will say that the only MOD I have done so far is the 3 inch elbow
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