Butt going on shortly, Glaze question

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damascusmaker

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I have this nice looking butt lightly covered with jerk rub a friend gave me. I also want to use this pineapple habanero glaze at some point. Question is should I put some on at the start of the smoke or wait until near the end? Will go on the new Akorn Jr in about an hour. Guessing this stuff has a lot of sugar, so I plan to stay low 225 to 250?

Thanks

 
Hmm.. it will possibly turn black in a couple hours. If you wrap the pork to finish it maybe put it on in foil.. I think it's meant to be used at the last , after it's pulled.
 
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Heat some glaze and add as a Finishing Sauce. It will have a bigger contribution to flavor...JJ
 
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I would have tried as a light glaze instead of mustard pre rub. With my MES my butt took about 6-7 hours to get through the stall when I started at 225F. I read many speed that up and go right for 250F preset temp which I will do next time.
 
That's an idea for next time RD. On the temp, Since I was sleeping through this cook, I wanted to reduce the chance of the meat being done before I was finished sleeping. 

Check the graph, in the stall right now.
 
I'm in

Richie

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Rest of the story. Very Good! The sauce was fine, didn't add as much as I expected. After nearly 4 hours in the cooler it was still  pretty warm to handle for the pulling. Lots of bark. Overall the Jr. made a butt as good as any I've had. I bet I could hold the fuel used on this cook in my hands.


 
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Thanks for the point Richie.

I'm really liking the new Jr. Looks like up to 14 inches this thing can do it all, and do it well with a tiny amount of fuel.
 
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