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FORUM SPONSORS => Pit Barrel Cooker Co. => Topic started by: Viper209 on March 05, 2021, 02:46:05 PM
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First real cook. PBC temp has stayed at 225-227 for 2.5 hours.
On the grill I have half turkey breast and racK St. Louis ribs cut in half. 2 thermoter wire type cables through 1 of the rebar holes (both bars in) and bottom air flow about 1/4 way open. At 2.5 hours turkey breast at 148
Does the temp seem right?
Thank you
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You may want to open your bottom vent a little more. A lot of smokers like to run at 225-250 but the Pit Barrel is designed to run a little hotter. 275-285 I have found is the ideal cooking temp.
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As I recall, my PBC would run at ≈315°F when it was set up per the instructions and ready to cook. I think that the PBC web site FAQs used to list 315°F as the normal operating temperature. 315°F is neither low and slow nor hot and fast. It's somewhat in between. After a time, that information was removed from their web site and they seemingly have been intentionally noncommittal about operating temperature.
As my cooks progressed, the temperature would usually drop to ≈285°F. I wanted more reliable temperature control, not because I thought that it was important to the cook quality, but because I needed to forecast the completion time so the sides would be ready to serve at the same time.
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I installed a stoker that gave me ±1°F by controlling the air supply.