I usually go by the probe temp on pulling it off the smoker. I usually pull it at 195 - 200. However when I had been pulling it I guess it wasn't hitting that temp in all the spots.
I talked with someone today that mentioned you should never mess with your dome damper and he mentioned that the issue could also be where the probe is being placed in the butt. So I'm picking one up Thurs for a Friday afternoon smoke and will take a few snapshots to post. Hopefully this goes...
OK so my first smoke several weeks ago with bone in pork shoulder went amazing and the bark was perfect however since then I've been having trouble getting that same bark back. I'm using mustard / Wolfs Rub... WSM - temp is about 250 - keeping it in until Maverick probe hits 195 or so. so...