First time smoking a Butt

[davenh]

Looks great so far

! Can't wait for the finish, good job!

 

[smoking gun]

Well it's finally all done, pulled, finishing sauce applied, and bagged in approx 5 1lb bags. After I got it to 205 I wrapped it and into the cooler, set my alarm for 2 hours and layed down. The alarm never went off, or if it did I never heard it. I woke up about 3 hours later, went to the cooler and it was at 165 degrees. I pulled it out and unwrapped it and it looked awesome. I was so excited I grabbed the end of the bone and it just fell out. I grabbed another pan and started pulling off hunks of meat then thought, oops I didn't get a pic. Oh well i finished pulling and cleaning out the fat and goo and started bagging it up. Thats when I remembered the pictures again. (I was sooo tired). It is really good and the finishing sauce adds a great flavor. Here's the pics I did get......


Pulled and sauced. (2 lbs already bagged)



Remainder in the pan...



In hindsight next time I think I'll get a smaller butt and start it a lot earlier. It took about 13 hours to get this one to 205. The end result is great. I learned a lot for sure.

 

[smoking gun]

Well I got to looking through the pics on my camera and I did take one before putting it in the cooler. I had opened it to pour the juices back in before re-wrapping it. I have to say this is possibly the best pulled pork I've ever tasted. Thanks to Meowy and SoFlaQuer for the guidance and sauce.