Help, butts done way too early

rsnovi

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• Jun 11, 2016

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Butts are done, but the party starts 11 hours from now. Should I shred and reheat? Let them sit in a cooler for as long as possible, shred, and crock pot it? Any other thoughts?

I am baffled on this one. Normal one 8 pound butt takes me about 20 hours to smoke at 225 on my electric smoker. I put three 8 pounders in last night and I wake up with one at 208, one at 203, and one at 191 in just 12 hours. My party starts 11 hours from now.

 

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Chris you could try keeping them in the smoker,set to keep the IT above 140*. Foiled with some Chef JimmyJ foiling sauce.Just my 2 cents

Richie

 

cliffcarter

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Shred now and reheat for the party, it'll be safer that way.

 

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gditys

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Cliffcarter is correct

 

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Late to the party but 3 butts at 200+ is a lot of Hot Mass. Foiled, toweled and in a small cooler will hold 10-12 hours with little loss of heat. Besides, even if it did drop to 120-130°F. That meat is Sterile and sealed in foil and cooler, there is no chance for re-contamination and bacteria growth...JJ

 

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rsnovi

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I shredded and reheated. Seemed pretty good. Thanks to all!

 

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Glad to hear everything turned out well.

Al