What to put in the smoker this weekend?

[Jer]

Yup, have definitely seem some of that. If it wasn't for a good wireless digital thermometer, i'd be screwed trying to figure out when something was done.

This is the first time I've smoked something with a set dinner time, and I was getting a little nervous about 1/2 way thru since the temp took a long time just to get up to the 150F mark.

Normally I'd start the cook earlier, and just let the meat rest (wrapped, in a warm oven) for a few extra hours, but we were eating early, so I got up at 7am to get the smoker going and get the butt on. I'm not a morning kinda guy, so it's good that we normally eat late.

I use a Maverick 732 and still have become a fair-weather-smoker for just that reason. Getting up in the middle of the night to go outside and deal with all that is garbage.

You got up at 7:00am to smoke a butt at 225deg and were done in time for dinner? That's impressive. What weight was it? For dinner I generally have to start the night before and even then I've had some smokes run long.