which rack?

[NKLCOLT1911]

i have a master forge vertical 2 door smoker, it has the smaller door on bottom where the burner and wood box and the water pan is then the larger door on top with the four shelves, my question is where is the best place to put a pork shoulder, near the middle or down closer to the burner area?

[SkunkedAgain]

Funny that you ask as I'm wondering the same thing. My Masterbuilt only has two racks but I mostly use the top rack, assuming that the smoke and heat congregates at the top making my smoke more efficient. I have no clue if that's really true though.

[nofishfisherman]

Thats the same logic I use. I figure heat and smoke rise so top rack must be the best. Although when I do ribs I use both racks and can't tell the difference between what was on the top rack versus bottom rack.

[Finns]

My neighbors!

Oops, wrong Rack.

[NKLCOLT1911]

anyone??

[Archerysniper]

Have you tried firing it up and using a remote probe to check the temps at different levels to find the hot spots? The smoke should be consistent in a enclose smoke the heat will differ though.

[Walleyehooker]

I did 8 pork butts in my gas smoker and although I did rotate them there wasn't much difference from top to bottom in the cooking/smoking process. Always good to have a meat thermometer though to check the meat temp to know the center is up to temp.

[Walleyehooker]

If you search back to June on this forum to smoking pork there is some pics of the 8 I smoked.

[SkunkedAgain]

Although when I do ribs I use both racks and can't tell the difference between what was on the top rack versus bottom rack.

My experience as well

[NKLCOLT1911]

ill just stick to the middle then and if im doing more than i roast ill rotate them, also do you guys put the pork right on the rack on in a aluminum pan?

[Leaky]

I smoke the butt for 4 hours or so on the rack, then add some apple juice and foil them in a pan for the rest of the cook (which then can either be in the smoker or in the oven). After it rests, you can use that same pan to do the pulling.