Cooking temp for pork butts?

[indaswamp]

Actually, chickens are better cooked 275~325*...unless you like very dry chicken. Leg quarters are more forgiving, but that white meat will get dry with a long cooking time at a lower heat. It also helps to brine chickens prior to smoking. I have 10# of leg quarters and 2 racks of Baby back ribs inda smokehouse now....should be ready in another 1.5 hours. I just put the cowboy beans in the smokehouse to warm up and get a kiss of applewood smoke.

 

[Alex Andrews]

Actually, chickens are better cooked 275~325*...unless you like very dry chicken. Leg quarters are more forgiving, but that white meat will get dry with a long cooking time at a lower heat. It also helps to brine chickens prior to smoking. I have 10# of leg quarters and 2 racks of Baby back ribs inda smokehouse now....should be ready in another 1.5 hours. I just put the cowboy beans in the smokehouse to warm up and get a kiss of applewood smoke.

Oh, awesome, my smoker seems to be holding between 275-300

 

[indaswamp]

Be sure to cook to 165*...and for a more even cook, you can spatchcock the bird...which is basically cutting the backbone out and then laying the bird flat. It will cook a little faster too, which means more juice white meat...

 

[gary s]

Your fine it's really hard to screw up a pork butt

Gary