First boston butts on new smoker w/ QVIEW

[kanealmond]

Good morning all,

I got my new 270 Sumo last week, and cooked some good ribs on it right away. A few guys at work started talking about pulled pork this week, so I signed up to cook some butts.

Last night, I trimmed them and put the rub on. Wrapped up tight in plastic wrap and into the fridge overnight to absorb those flavors.

All 4 of them are about 6lb each, so I'm figuring on a 7 hour cook time at 250 degrees. I lit the fire at 5:30am and by 6:30 the cooker was holding a steady 250 degrees.

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• kanealmond
• Feb 25, 2017

Loaded in at 6:30am

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• kanealmond
• Feb 25, 2017

Using a mixture of apple and hickory wood today.

I'm still so amazed at how well this smoker holds such a steady temp. It's very windy today but a nice 75 degrees outside. Even with the strong gusts it's held true at 250-255. I did have to close the intake vent about an inch since the wind is primarily coming from behind the smoker, where that vent is located.

All 4 butts were reading 200-202 at exactly 7 hours in. Pulled them off and rested in a cooler for an hour.

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• kanealmond
• Feb 25, 2017

All pulled and ready to eat!

Have a good weekend everyone, happy smoking!

-Kane

 

[menace2sobriety]

looks good. Im down my first butt today too. I did the same thing bought my smoker a few weeks ago and did ribs and last night I started my butt.  My battle is still going though and this sucker is just holding an IT of 192 right now and won't budge. seeing yours here makes me wish Id have gone with the pellet smoker or electric one I was looking at. Did you use any finishing sauce or anything?

 

[kanealmond]

You're almost there at 192. I've pulled them that early before if they get stuck and I'm in a time crunch. Wrap up tight and let it rest for an hour and it'll come up 5-10 degrees.

I've had electric smokers before and I just never was able to get an intense smoke flavor, even using the Amaz'n tube. Can't beat good quality lump charcoal with a hickory log laying on top!

Let us know how that butt turns out. I'm sure it'll be awesome.

-Kane