First Smoke - Boston Butt

[smokingunny]

Butts can be tricky. I always start my butts at least 12 hours before eating time. I'm no expert, butt I have cooked a lot of butts and they are all different. Once I was cooking two 8 pounders, and one hit 200 IT 2 hours before the other one. On the other hand, I've had them finish early and 5 hours after I pulled them off they were still too hot to touch. It just takes practice and knowing how your smoker works.

 

[gr0uch0]

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• seanysmokes
• Mar 25, 2017

13 hours and a power outage later... ready for the cooler!! Glad I didn't get the MES, still no power!&

I'm with you on that 1000%, seany:  too much stuff that goes wrong with the electrics to even make me break stride as I pass them.  Congrats on your first rodeo, many more successes to come.  Do yourself a favor:  update your profile with your gear so that if you need help in the future, you can get good input from those with same/similar gear that you will have displayed at the bottom of each post.  Won't do you much good to hear from the electrics or charcoals when you can't get/keep a blue flame with a touch of yellow running steady, or something similar. 

 

[geezer]

Thumbs Up

 

[Bearcarver]

Final report:
After the resting period the pork pulled very easily once I broke through the bark. Super moist and juicy and great smoke flavor - not too stong. Bark was tasty and smokey and had a beautiful ring underneath. THANK YOU fellow smokers for all of your knowledge and input; I am absolutely hooked!

Looks Great, Sean!!

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Mighty Tasty!!

Nice Job!

Bear

 

[wild west]

Looks like it turned out great. Love the smoker ring.

 

[seanysmokes]

Wow... two years ago and hundreds of pounds of smoked meat later I have come a long way!! Thank you all for the help and I will be more active in the future!