So I thought I had it all planned out! I rubbed my 8 pound shoulder yesterday morning, wrapped it in plastic and put it in the fridge until about an hour before I was going to put it on my smoker/grill which was about 9 last night. I tried my best, and did a pretty good job, of keeping my heat between 225 and 250 and figured from past experience that it would take somewhere around 13-14 hours to smoke. Well I don't know what happened (except for an unbelievably beautifuland mild southern California night) but my shoulder was ready to pull off at 8 this morning! I double wrapped in foil, put a towel on the bottom of an ice chest, wrapped it again in another towel, put a blanket on top to fill all the space in the cooler and closed the top. I was planning to do this for a couple of hours before my guests arrive this afternoon but not for 7 hours! How long will this hold or what other suggestions does everyone have? I've though about pulling it and adding a finishing sauce and reheating later but I really hate to do that unless I absolutely have to. Any help is greatly appreciated.
