Smoking 2 butts right now for family coming in to town today. Put them on at 8 last evening - typically in my Brinkman they take 18-19hrs to hit 195/200°. Planned to cooler around 2 o'clock for dinner at 6.
Well, as they say about the best laid plans - the internal is 183° right now, I believe they've come off the plateau already so I am anticipating completion much earlier than expected. So, if I foil and put in a hot cooler with towels, what would be the MAX time I could leave coolered? I had seen 5hrs mentioned in a old post with the meat still being piping hot.
Thinking of maybe coolering for 5hrs and then holding in the oven at say 200° (if necessary) until time to pull?
Thanks for any advice.....
Well, as they say about the best laid plans - the internal is 183° right now, I believe they've come off the plateau already so I am anticipating completion much earlier than expected. So, if I foil and put in a hot cooler with towels, what would be the MAX time I could leave coolered? I had seen 5hrs mentioned in a old post with the meat still being piping hot.
Thinking of maybe coolering for 5hrs and then holding in the oven at say 200° (if necessary) until time to pull?
Thanks for any advice.....