Doing my first butt.
Loaded it in the smoker about midnight last night. The MasterBuilt smoker did wonderfully, maintaining an even temp all night pretty much.....right around 255 mostly. It is an 8.75 lb. Boston Butt........so I was planing this:
- hopefully out of the smoker about 1:00pm today (when it reached 205 degrees internally)
- wrap in foil - then a towel - and into an igloo cooler
- take out at 3:00 - let it set a bit - pull about 3:30
- serve at 4:00
Now, i just read somewhere here that when it gets to 145 degrees - I should wrap it in foil and keep in the smoker till it reaches the IT of 200 or so.
So, here is my question: based on this pic - should I have more bark at this point (7 1/2 hours in - IT of 165)? Or not necessarily? If I put it in foil, wouldn't that cut down on bark formation?
Any advise is appreciated.
Loaded it in the smoker about midnight last night. The MasterBuilt smoker did wonderfully, maintaining an even temp all night pretty much.....right around 255 mostly. It is an 8.75 lb. Boston Butt........so I was planing this:
- hopefully out of the smoker about 1:00pm today (when it reached 205 degrees internally)
- wrap in foil - then a towel - and into an igloo cooler
- take out at 3:00 - let it set a bit - pull about 3:30
- serve at 4:00
Now, i just read somewhere here that when it gets to 145 degrees - I should wrap it in foil and keep in the smoker till it reaches the IT of 200 or so.
So, here is my question: based on this pic - should I have more bark at this point (7 1/2 hours in - IT of 165)? Or not necessarily? If I put it in foil, wouldn't that cut down on bark formation?
Any advise is appreciated.
