3 Butts 4 Chuckies

[calis]

Got butts for $0.99/pound so I picked up 3 of them...about 25 pounds worth. Going to pull them all, divide into portions, vacuum seal and freeze for the winter. Also got chuckies for $1.29/pound, picked up 4 of them at about 5 pounds each. I'm going to pull 3 of the chuckies, and cut one up burnt ends style and see how that works out.

 

[mballi3011]

Now thats some hiberinating there Calis. I take it you cann't smoke during the winter monthes. I do like the idea of cubing up a chuckie for burnt ends. That is something I haven't tried yet. And another one hit the shelf of to do's.

 

[beer-b-q]

Looks Great...

Plan Sounds Greater...

 

[blackened]

Nice call!

 

[irishteabear]

Looking good. It's nice to be able to pull smoked goodies out of the freezer.

 

[bmudd14474]

that sure is a happy smoker you got there.

Cant wait to see the finished product.

 

[calis]

Here's a pic of a chuckie before pulling and after pulling.





And here's the pic of the cubed up re-seasoned and re-smoked chuckie.



Sad story on the rest. I ran out of aluminum foil, not sure how. I was unable to wrap the butts in foil, never got them to go above 160 degrees on the smoker. I tossed two of them into dutch ovens and put them in the oven at 10:30. I put them in the oven set at 300 and went to bed. I had no sleep the night before and had a very emotionally exhausting night with a grieving friend. So I got up this morning at 5AM, turned off the oven, opened the door and got ready for work. I put the dutch ovens into the fridge on my way out the door. We'll see this afternoon how they did. the third butt is a truly sad story. It is still sitting on the now cold smoker...sacrificed to the gods of Murphy.

 

[irishteabear]

Sorry to hear about all your troubles. At least you were able to salvage most of it. The chuckies look good.

 

[calis]

It tastes good too. I am eating some of the pulled chuckie for breakfast as we speak. Ran out of energy to make breakfast food to bring to work.