Couple of Butts - Q-view!

[davenh]

Got a family thing this Saturday and got elected to do the cooking

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Starting a couple 8lb butts tonight, ribs and chicken on early Saturday morning so they're ready for noon.

Rubbed up the butts and started them around midnight. Topped of the smoke generator and heading to bed. Will check on them around 7am

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Some q-view to get things started.

Butts rubbed with mustard, paprika, chili powder, garlic salt, emeril's essence and brown sugar. Will start spraying them in the morning with apple juice/brown sugar mix.

On the smoker at 235, using hickory.

More in the morning, goodnight

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[richoso1]

Gee that looks great already! You've got some great Q going for ya.

 

[big game cook]

looking good. a friend and neighbor is buying a bunch of cold beer sat for another fellas b-day for helping him frame a porch in on his house. and i did all the drywall and painting. and my b-day is friday. kind of a duel party, lol. if i can get a few $ chipped in for the cuts im doing a couple briskets friday for sats party. the taste the smell. man aint life good.

 

[pops6927]

Lookin' great! Y'all have a great family git-together and I know they picked you to do the cookin' for one reason only... they know it's gonna be delicious! Great start to a happy weekend!

 

[pineywoods]

Looks like a great start Dave

 

[davenh]

Thanks guys...nothing like good food, family and some cooler weather

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Slept til 7:30 and woke up to a nice hickory aroma, the smoke generator is working well

. Butts did well on their own without any spritzing and are sitting at 161 internal temp after 7.5 hrs.

Here's the morning q-view.

Flipped, rotated and sprayed the butts with apple juice/brown sugar mix.

Pork butt omelet sounds good right about now

 

[solar]

I was saying to myself you should make a breakfast pork omelet, then I saw your last sentence.

Those butts look awesome, and it's good to hear that your smoke generator is working, must be nice to be able to sleep at night.

 

[dangerdan]

Those Butts are looking real good.. Weatherwise your weekend should be a smash! Add the food for perfection.. Love them butts man..

 

[krusher]

they are some good looking butts, hope your weekend goes well.

 

[davenh]

Great thing having good neighbors. My buddy across the street and I are always working on a project for one of us.

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Pork butt is one of my favorites along with ribs and turkey. Could live on those three

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Here's a pic at 9.5 hrs. Butts are stalling and the temps have drop 4 degrees. Internal temps are around 157 now. Spray them again with apple juice/brown sugar mix.

More as it goes

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[motorhedd]

now let me put my bib on...getting the front of my shirt all wet!

 

[davenh]

Wasn't much of a stall

. Temp on the bottom top one is getting close 164, the bottom one is 161. I'll foil them at 165.

Around 11hrs in. Bark is looking awesome

. Something keeps nagging at me to tear a chunk off.

 

[grothe]

LOL Can't blame ya......That bark is awesome indeed!!!

 

[chargrilled]

Things are looking great, looking forward to the "fall apart" pull that is coming!!!!!

What was the B sugar to juice ratio if I may ask and how many time straying. That bark is lookin nice.

 

[lord of the ring]

Hey DaveNH, I used to live in Manchvegas, i'm down in Florida right now. How's the weather up there? Pork butts look Killah!

 

[davenh]

Thanks guys

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I mix about a 1/2C brown sugar to 10oz apple juice (I buy the apple juice in six packs of 10oz bottles). For butts I wait awhile for my first spray, then spray every 1.5 ~ 2hrs. This smoke I sprayed first after 7.5hrs, then 9.5 and 11hrs. I use the same spray on ribs, ribs get a spray each hour.

Never fails to build up a nice bark

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[chargrilled]

thanks going to give that a shot next smoke

 

[cowgirl]

Mmmm Dave! Love the looks of that bark! Go ahead and tear off a hunk for me. lol

 

[davenh]

Hi LOTR

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Not as warm as you 66°, but not bad. I like this time of year in NH. Good working weather

. Were averaging in the low 70's. On the other hand, want to trade places in 3 mths? By then I'll be sick of dragging out the snowblower

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Here's a pic of the first butt going into the foil with some apple juice. The other butt is at 164, so getting close.

 

[lord of the ring]

DaveNH,
Yeah lets trade now, its too freakin hot down here, coming off a really hot summer (typical for folks down here) its 90deg+ every day, not something i'm becoming fond of. I thought i would like it but its very different from our neck of the woods. Well when your snowblowing think of me smoking ribs by the pool!

This is the type of Q-view I send. (my condo's pool with my WSM and lots of other nice eye candy)

Anyways, good to meet another NH'er! Nice Q-view!