First I will be serving 8 adults and two kids, is 7 pounds good enough? Originally I was thinking 6 but I do want a little left over. I assume people will just do the sandwich thing.Secondly, I have a MES 30 with my AMNPS on its way which todd is fantastic and assured me I will have it in time. I know with a butt you never know truly how long it will take but for you experts out there, am I better off starting this thing late at night (since the AMNPS can smoke that long) like around 11:00 pm, sleep while smoking, or am I better to wake up say, 5:00am? I want to be eating by 5:00pm. I do have a maverick thermo so I can set it and have it yell at me when it is time to start doing other things like wrapping in foil. Third, anybody try pecan wood for pork? If so, how was it? I am in central texas home of salt lick and I think they only use Pecan. If not, what is a good wood? Not too smokey, wife does not like the heavier smokes. From what I have read, no water in the pan, clean play ground sand instead.I have been reading a ton of different posts and I am pretty confident I can get the fall of the bone pulled pork just want to make sure I do it right the first time. As for a rub I will be using bilbo's rub. Thanks
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