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  1. jimmyjames

    cutting a butt in half to smoke

    Um no it's not.  The butt is one piece of the front shoulder.  The front shoulder is the butt and the picnic.  Google could be your friend.
  2. jimmyjames

    Best butt so far on Masterbuilt XL

    Have not had good luck with butts on my Masterbuilt XL.  Was taking too long to cook and not getting enough smoke flavor.  Decided one thing that was missing was the grease hitting the coals and sizzling off like when cooking with wood or charcoal.  I removed the water pan I was using and put a...
  3. jimmyjames

    Masterbuild XL Mods - Post your mods here!

    Nothing wrong with a Brinkman gas smoker.  It smoked better and cooked faster than my Master Built.  Going to buy another one when they go on sale soon at Home Depot for end of summer sale.  Worst decision I ever made was to get this Master Built as far as cooking butts goes.  Now ribs and...
  4. jimmyjames

    Masterbuilt XL cover?

    fits mine to a Tee, the other option was the MB one for $40+
  5. jimmyjames

    cutting a butt in half to smoke

    Chris Lilly of Bob Gibson fame says an hour a # at 225-250 but I always add an hour and then take off the smoker, wrap in foil and wait an hour.  Last picnic I cooked would not come up to temperature and I had to put in the kitchen oven but when I pulled it, it had the biggest front shoulder...
  6. jimmyjames

    cutting a butt in half to smoke

    you can also go to the extreme of cutting into cubes...carnitas recipe I have says 2" cubes...that recipe calls for smoking the cubes for 1 hr, roasting in a covered pan with some liquid for 2 hrs at 350 and then an 1hr with the lid off.  Works great, mash the meat up with forks or tongs for...
  7. jimmyjames

    Masterbuild XL Mods - Post your mods here!

    Only had my XL a week but have smoked chicken and just yesterday a brisket, my first whole brisket.  Turned out great.  I put a small rectangular pan on top of the raised ribs in the smoke pan to keep ash and wood out of the burner.  Seems like maybe the thing to do is drill some more holes in...
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