I did my second pass at the Lil Tex today. First was the tri tip which I loved. today I took a shot at a 12 lb pork shoulder, both butt and picnic. I did it at 225, and expected it to take all day. It was at 170 within 6 hours. That seems fast to me. Still tastes great, though it didn't pull...
I have the ThermoWorks TR362B cooking thermometer that I picked up to go with my Lil Tex. I've put the probe into the meat, and set the temperature (135) for the tri tip. The internal food temperature still reads just "Hi" though instead of showing a true temperature. Any ideas?
I'd not discovered the concept of pellet smoking until I was at Costco today and the Traeger grill guy was there. Spent about 45 minutes talking to him and came home to start doing a bit of reading. For the last 2 hours I've been buried in this forum, and I have to say you guys are amazing and...