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    Time, not temp

    What I'm looking for is the secret to "easy mode". Say I threw a hunk of meat into my smoker, set it to 200 and just didn't touch it for 24 hours. What could go wrong?
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    Time, not temp

    What so you mean by "takes"? If you mean "reached 205", that's one thing, but if you mean "gets fork-tender", why wouldn't you just always cook them at 275? As for why mine took 24 hours at 275, it's probably because I had 3 big, round ones in there and it was really rainy (for Colorado), so I...
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    Time, not temp

    Does the final temp actually matter? If so, why? I smoked a couple of pork butts on a pit boss yesterday. I started at 4 am and I was expecting 18 hours or so. But at midnight they hadn't yet hit 185 and I needed sleep. Most articles seem to say to take it out between 195 and 210, so I turned...
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    Avoiding the stall with high heat

    I've had three pork butts in a pit boss upright @250 for 15 hours now. They're stalled at 165. Not unexpected. But I'm using the time to think about the stall problem. All the solutions I've read about involved turning up the heat when you hit the stall or wrapping, which can compromise crust...
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