My daughter is having a dance recital today, so we invited family and friends to come watch (its her first, she's 3) and decided to do a little BBQ for everyone after the recital. I've done a few pork butts for pulled pork in the past and has always taken around 8-9 hrs. I decided to try Jeff's recipe and it said 14 hrs. So I started it this morning at 4 am and low and behold its taking me around 8 hrs to finish (shoulda just gone with my gut and started later, but nothing worse than having to wait for food with guest hungry.) Its sitting at 196 and dinner time was supposed to be around 5 pm tonight. Whats the best way to keep it warm until dinner time? Should I just foil it and put in insulated cooler and the shred it right before dinner? Or would y'all shred it now and put in foil pan and then in cooler? Or any other suggestions. I'm still a noob and am not comfortable deviating from set times in recipes even though my smoker typically cooks fast. thanks guys.
