So I am relatively new to smoking. I have been grilling 15 plus years on a gas grill. Originally I was attracted to the ease and controlled environment of gas. My most recent grill was the Weber Gensis. Great grill and I have loved it but gas left a lot to be desired. Not having the spare change for an Egg I recently decided to buy the 22.5 Weber Kettle. I used to laugh at people with the Weber Kettle. I thought they were too cheap to get a good gas grill and to be quite frank not as skilled. Boy I could not have been more wrong. The Weber Kettle is a warhorse and while it requires more work than a smoker it produces a quality end result.
Yesterday I cooked an 8 lb butt on my kettle. It was the best I have done so far. I knew the day was going well when the aroma was wafting over my house and into the street. Here is a quick summary of the cook and my day:
Yesterday I cooked an 8 lb butt on my kettle. It was the best I have done so far. I knew the day was going well when the aroma was wafting over my house and into the street. Here is a quick summary of the cook and my day:
- Applied mustard and dry rub I got from a favorite site of mine at 4:00 Friday afternoon
- Woke up at 6:25 and started my chimney (16 bricks of Kingsford charcoal)
- Took out the butt
- Put it on ay 6:55 AM ( a little early but I wanted to work out)
- Grill set up: drip pan with water, charcoal dividers with 8 coals on each side and a red brick.
- At 8:05 temp had dropped to about 175 so I added a few more hot coals
- Over the course of the next 8 hours I added 2-4 bricks of charcoal and my hickory wood chips as needed.
- The heat stayed between 225-250 all day (first time I have successfully managed heat on my kettle)
- Slow and low for 9hrs
- Wrapped in foil for two hours before I pulled
