I like big butts!!!!

[Jethro1]

So I've heard stories about the long cook times for butts. Boy you ain't kiddin'. This cook has been like a great night of drinkin' gone bad. Tried to do the minion method rounding the kettle (Weber 22 1-2" kettle grill). Started out great, then couldn't get it to trail well at all. Found myself adjusting the coals throughout the cook and praying for the best. So far so good. Trying to regulate temp with this cook was like a bad Bi Polar episode. Up, down, up, down, and back up again. You get the picture. It's actually still out there cooking!!!! It's at 180 and I'm running out of fuel. Newb's are so fun to read about. Hopefully I won't have to throw it in the oven. Moral of the story? Never take your mother with you when you get your hair cut. I hope you've all had a good laugh. What else can I do @ this point but to laugh and, well, Night y'all.

[Jethro1]

Also learned my probe was too close to the bone and was done sooner than I thought.

[TuscaloosaQ]

Reading your post I was almost wetting myself was funny as crap made me laugh like heck!!!!!!

[Jethro1]

That's what I aim for, and the toilet when the wife's looking.

[SoloQue]

Getting a Weber to be stingy on the heat can be tricky no doubt and once those coals get going their hard to cool back down. For what its worth this is how I cope with getting the food away from the heat maybe it is something that will work for you. I drop a big ass piece of metal between the grates to seperate about 1/3 of the cooker to hold my coals with some bricks at the bottom to hold in place and take up space beneath the charcoal. This gives me a cooking area of indirect heat and keeps the need for fuel to a minimum. I load up the corner and just drop about 10 lit briquets on top. The smaller slots of metal just keep heat from hitting hard from the sides. I've had lots of luck with this set up, hopefully it will help ya out.

[Jethro1]

That's a great idea!!!! Thanks man.

[SoloQue]

Same lil birds after 3 hours, just about ready to roll for last 45 minutes

Glad I could help. I look like the hillbilly's when I go to comps with a truck load of webers

[Gizmo]

we've all been there! - thanks for sharing...

[The Czar]

It sounds like a typical cook at the Czarport in the early days.....you are on the way to becoming a good bbq .....

I will be expecting my sample with a lobster by the way....

[Jethro1]

If I can swing coming out in the fall, lob-stahs for everyone!!!!

[The Czar]

You bring lobsters and I will bring whatever you drink and however much you can!!!

[Jethro1]

Sadly enough, these days it's all non-alcoholic. Makes me break out in spots, jails, rehabs, and sometimes Texas.

[Smokeone]

Well then we will drink your share for you, Jethro!