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First time smoking a Boston butt on my new smoker

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sidvicious360

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Hey yall whats going on?

so today was the first time i smoked my BB in my brand new Masterbuilt XL Propane smoker.  the night before i prepped the BB with a layer on eatch side  with mustard. I then applied a rub called "Butt Rub" i put a pretty thick amount on and after that i got some weber's "smoking rub" and put a thin layer on and after that i applied brown sugar on the top and kept the Fat cap on the bottom.  i let that sit over night and got this result 


i fired up my master built and put some chips in and let it sit for 5 hours to somewhat season it before i put the BB inside.  after the 5 hours i checked the temp it was at around 220-235 i then put in my wireless crappy thermometer and let it sit in there and put some more chunks with a little apple chips.  every hour i watched the butt and the internal temp and maintained the smoker temp. i also applying apple juice concentrate and some apple cider vinegar in a spray bottle  to keep it moist. started at 4pm and the internal temp reached about 170 at 3 am. i pulled it out wraped in in foil and re inserted the thermometer and put it back in and it reached 205 at 6am i pulled it out and let it sit for 2 hours i then unwrapped it and this is the result.




i wiped off the fat cap on the bottom also


 Best damn pulled pork ive had.  and its prob gonna get better
 
Man that is making me hungry...Looks Good way to go. point
 
Yeah, that looks very good, and as you said, after shredding and allowing it to meld a bit, it'll be really good.
 
thanks guys yea i had a sandwich today OH MAN it was good. i think next time i make a but its gonna be smaller. maybe a 8LBS butt i made way too much it was a 11.28LBS BB.  but all was good ill be making pork ribs after we finish off the pulled pork witch will probably be next week sometime.
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No such thing as toooo much..... Try doing a pulled pork pizza, I remember seeing one on here a couple days ago.....mmmmm it looked wonderful. And freeze the rest if you are not eating it all. 
 
That's pretty darn good for your first try with a new smoker!

The butt looks fantastic!

I'm going to move this to the pork section.

I think more folks will see it there.

Al
 
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