Went to the local Publix to pick up a couple of butts to smoke for an end of Summer Pool Party get together with the family. The butts were on sale so naturally when I get to the store the meat case is empty. While I am contemplating coming back in the morning one of the guys in the meat department comes out from the back. I ask him if he has any in the back and he says he can get me whatever I want. I tell him I am looking for 2 butts, average weight 5 lbs each. He says no problem and after a while comes out with 2 wrapped butts. He apologizes and says they are not both the same size, one is 3.86 lbs. and the other is around 7 1/2 lbs. I would've preferred them to both be similar in weight but what the heck lets do it. I also picked up 3 packages of spare ribs which were also on sale to smoke the day of the party but thats another post.
Since I am cooking for the family I have to be careful on the spices and especially the heat. I decide to do the smaller one with cuban style Mojo which is what they are used to and the larger one with a BBQ rub the way I like it. The BBQ rub is based on eman's wiki rub recipe and I added a few spices that I like to it. Thanks EMAN! I trimmed very little fat off both as they were pretty much ready to go. Did a cross hatch on the fat cap of the larger one, the smaller one really did not have a fat cap. Both butts rubbed with extra virgin olive oil this time instead of mustard. Applied the rub and plastic wrapped for the evening.
Set up the WSM, minion man method, brought the temp up to 200° and closed vents down to 25% till it reached 230° and had the butts on by 10 - 10:30 A.M. Averaged about 230° - 250° all day. About 3 - 4 hours in opened the WSM to flip and rotate the butts and spritzed a little with some AJ and Captain Morgan. The day was incredibly nice and I really didn't have anything else going on so I was going through quite a few smoking beverages along the way so I really lost track of time. It didn't really matter cause I had my trusty Maverick by my side. Don't remember when I actually took them off though I do have it written down, but I pulled them off at 195° and wrapped in heavy duty foil and into a cooler to rest. Pulled it about an hour or two later added some finishing sauce and snacked on quite a bit before putting in ziplocks for freezing. Re-heated the day of the party and it was like it had just been smoked that day. Everyone liked both butts but the surprising thing was that they liked the BBQ rubbed butt better than the Mojo butt, go figure. Anyway hope you enjoy the pics, Thanks for lookin at my Q!
Since I am cooking for the family I have to be careful on the spices and especially the heat. I decide to do the smaller one with cuban style Mojo which is what they are used to and the larger one with a BBQ rub the way I like it. The BBQ rub is based on eman's wiki rub recipe and I added a few spices that I like to it. Thanks EMAN! I trimmed very little fat off both as they were pretty much ready to go. Did a cross hatch on the fat cap of the larger one, the smaller one really did not have a fat cap. Both butts rubbed with extra virgin olive oil this time instead of mustard. Applied the rub and plastic wrapped for the evening.
Set up the WSM, minion man method, brought the temp up to 200° and closed vents down to 25% till it reached 230° and had the butts on by 10 - 10:30 A.M. Averaged about 230° - 250° all day. About 3 - 4 hours in opened the WSM to flip and rotate the butts and spritzed a little with some AJ and Captain Morgan. The day was incredibly nice and I really didn't have anything else going on so I was going through quite a few smoking beverages along the way so I really lost track of time. It didn't really matter cause I had my trusty Maverick by my side. Don't remember when I actually took them off though I do have it written down, but I pulled them off at 195° and wrapped in heavy duty foil and into a cooler to rest. Pulled it about an hour or two later added some finishing sauce and snacked on quite a bit before putting in ziplocks for freezing. Re-heated the day of the party and it was like it had just been smoked that day. Everyone liked both butts but the surprising thing was that they liked the BBQ rubbed butt better than the Mojo butt, go figure. Anyway hope you enjoy the pics, Thanks for lookin at my Q!
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