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mikeymjr23

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I'll be using the grill below to smoke a 7.7lb. Butt on Monday.

Whenever I've done ribs on this, I've put apple juice in an aluminum pan. I've read that some folks don't add anything to their pan, and use that as a juice for the PP.

What are some suggestions? Any and all!

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mikeymjr23

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Here's the beast we'll be cooking over Apple Wood. I have a bad of chips, but my buddy had an apple tree falls over in a storm last spring (2015) and we got about 20 logs. I'll be cutting hockey puck size pieces off of it tomorrow.

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mikeymjr23 said:

I'll be using the grill below to smoke a 7.7lb. Butt on Monday.

Whenever I've done ribs on this, I've put apple juice in an aluminum pan. I've read that some folks don't add anything to their pan, and use that as a juice for the PP.

What are some suggestions? Any and all!
 

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I like to add Apple Juice to the pan when I foil it at about 165°.

Then the meat juices will mix with that.

Then I de-fat that stuff & I got awesome Au Jus.

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Pulled Boston Pork Butt         
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Other than that though, you don't see a need for anything else in it prior to foiling?

I'm new at this, and I probably bit off a bit more than I can chew...but we shall see!

 

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Other than that though, you don't see a need for anything else in it prior to foiling?

I'm new at this, and I probably bit off a bit more than I can chew...but we shall see!

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IMHO, anything else is not needed, and of little value, but that's My Opinion.

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Be sure to let us know how it turns out!

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Bearcarver said:

 
I like to add Apple Juice to the pan when I foil it at about 165°.

Then the meat juices will mix with that.

Then I de-fat that stuff & I got awesome Au Jus.

Link:

Pulled Boston Pork Butt         
Bear

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That's what I do as well......comes out great! Make sure the IT is around 200.

 

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mikeymjr23 said:

Other than that though, you don't see a need for anything else in it prior to foiling?

I'm new at this, and I probably bit off a bit more than I can chew...but we shall see!

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Pork butt is probably the most forgiving thing you can smoke.  No sweat--just enjoy the day.

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Thanks guys!

I'll use one to catch the juice and maybe put some apple juice in there.