Smoking Meats on a Weber Kettle

[pacanis]

All this talk of Qing... I ran to the store for some heavy cream and low and behold... pork butt was on sale for $1.29/lb

 

[Uncle Bob]

I've also used hot water in the past and what I've noticed with using water is that the moist environment helps keep the temps a bit more low & steady.

This is exactly what the engineers knew/came up with; Since water boils at 212* F (at sea level) the air temperature above the water pan, where the meat racks are located, would/should not rise excessively above that point, thereby saving the meat from being converted into a hockey puck or something resembling a dried buffalo chip. ~ With no means to control airflow/fire control, it was the best option. ~~ A better, more common sense approach to fire/temperature control is through the use of air vents located on the bottom of vertical cookers..The Weber Smoky Mountain (WSM) is an example..The WSM with an enclosed bottom, has both butterfly air vents and a water pan... The water pan filled with sand still acts as a heat sink of sorts, and the butterfly vents give the user better total temperature control. With practice the cooker can produce very good BBQ...Ask Fred (pacanis) ~~ I'll let some rocket scientist calculate how many BTUs (Wood/Charcoal) it takes to simmer a gallon of water for 14 or so hours while cooking a pork butt..My Guess would be about the same amont it takes to cook the pork butt to 190* ~~

 

[niquejim]

Two discussions on smoking on a grill on 2 different foodblogs within 2 days...summer is coming isn't it
Guide to Grilling: Smoking on a Charcoal Kettle Grill | Serious Eats

 

[roadfix]

You can even set up a Little Smokey Joe (smallest Weber kettle) for smoking.