Newbie Timer Question

[snabity]

Okay, I need a little grace for my first smoking try question.  Recipe says smoke and cook for 10 hours, with smoke for 4 hours.  So does that mean set the the smoker for 4 hours and then oven for 6 for a total of 10 hours?  The oven timer only goes up to 9:45 hours.

Thanks in advance!!

Steve

[TNRockyraccoon]

I think you're looking at a total of 10 hours cooking, with the first four hours getting smoke.

[snabity]

Thanks for the reply.  I think I figured out.   I have to make sure the oven cooks 10 hours, even though the oven timer max's out at 9:45 hours.  Just increase the timer to a total cook time of 10 hours.  Right?

[Wildcat]

I do not have the digital but I understand that you can reset your oven timer as often as you need to.

Regarding cook time - I highly recommend that you go by internal meat temp for doneness. Each piece of meat will get done when it does. As an example a large butt will take anywhere from 12 hours to 24 hours of cooking. It just depends on many factors (cabinet temp, how cold the meat is to start with, how much fat is in the meat, water content of the meat, wind conditions, etc., etc.). Although with a butt for pulled pork, I watch the meat temp and start doing the fork test at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit. Simply insert a fork and twist. If you can twist it then more than likely it is done. Butts get done between 170 and 190.

[Indy Smoker]

For the digital model the time tops out at 9 hours 40 minutes. I think because the display does not have enough fields to display over a single digit for hours - I'm sure there's a more technical reason but that's what made the most sense at the time.
Be careful though - when resetting the time after shutdown if j recall it defaults to 4 hours and if you don't make an adjustment it stays there. Meaning if you want 2 cycles if 5 hours each and it shuts off after the first 5 hours and you turn back on you will be short on your cook time. This came into play when cooking pork and I lost some cook time.
I now have an Auber so it's not an issue and I'm sure I will be corrected if I am wrong on this.


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[snabity]

Thanks a lot for all of your comments.  i have the digital model and we're trying out our first brisket today.  We'll see what happens.

Thanks again,

Steve

[renoman]

What are you cooking and how big is it? I see disappointment on the horizon here. Start EARLY.

[KyNola]

I am late to the party but the short answer is you need a total of 10 hours smoke/cook time.  Don't set the generator for 4 hours and then the oven for 6 hours.  You are going to come up short.  The generator needs to be running for 4 of the first 10 hours along with the oven.  The oven needs to run a total of 10 hours from the very start.

That said,  you can't rely on time for doneness.  It is all about the internal temp of whatever you are cooking.

[Saber 4]

I set my smoke time and oven time to the same time and regulate the smoke by how many pucks I put in, that way I have the SG adding it's extra 125 watts of heat for the whole cook time.