Post Holiday Pork Butts

[timstalltaletav]

Since the hustle and bustle of Christmas seems to have died down, it's time to make PP for tomorrow's college football games and hopefully some leftovers for the freezer.

Pork is on sale around here for New Year's day pork-n-sauerkraut so it was dirt cheap at my local butcher. I paid around $20 for 22# of butts.

As it usual seems lately, I'm not prepared for my project. Intended to make these on the WSM only to realize I have only about 1/2 a bag of KBB left. I didn't want to chance it so they're going on the trusty MES with the AMNPS.

I'll let these go overnight with no wrap @ 235°.

Some pre-cook Q-view:

Two butts rubbed for about 4 hours, waiting for the mandatory 15 minutes for the AMNPS to burn in (Pitmaster dust with some leftover peach dust I had)

Time to settle into the couch with a few Troegs and let the meat and smoke do its thing. Finished pics tomorrow..

 

[SonnyE]

Oh Hell Yeah!
Looks great to me!

Watchin!

 

[dcecil]

Looks like its gonna be worth checking back in on this thread. Cant wait to see final pics

 

[SmokinLogs]

Looking good. Can’t wait to see the finished product!

 

[SmokinAl]

How are they coming along?
Al

 

[crazymoon]

TTTT, I'm in!

 

[timstalltaletav]

How are they coming along?
Al

Checked them at 6am, temp @ 161°. Bumped the heat up to 275°. Hopefully done around 10-11am so I can throw them in a cooler for a bit before I take them to the football party.

 

[timstalltaletav]

185° at 11:30... I'm glad I left myself a 3 hour cushion on these. Looks like I'll need all of it.

Still baffled how cooks on BBQ Pitmasters cook butts in 5-6 hours at supposedly 225-250°? I think their thermometer needs to be calibrated...

 

[SonnyE]

185° at 11:30... I'm glad I left myself a 3 hour cushion on these. Looks like I'll need all of it.

Still baffled how cooks on BBQ Pitmasters cook butts in 5-6 hours at supposedly 225-250°? I need their thermometer needs to be calibrated...

Oh, well Tim, I can help you with that.
It's TV. Everything on TV is perfect. Because behind the scenes is full blown Gourmet Kitchen magic.
Never believe all that you see on TV. When they say, "It's all done with Smoke and Mirrors." It's true, much is faked.
Sorry to pop the bubble.
One of our Son In Laws was into those shows of those guys being dropped in the wilderness to fend for themselves. He insisted it was real, and wasn't faked. That Bear Grills was really out there alone.
I asked him who was running the camera then?
Later, a different "Wilderness Star" was seen eating a fancy big dinner in a 5 star resort near where his Wilderness Survival Show was being taped. But he was supposed to be shivering in a dank wet shelter over night....
The cat was out of the bag, and very quickly his show was canceled amidst great embarrassments.
As long as we hold on to the wonder of it all, we can believe. But reality is often not what it seems.

YMMV... (Your mileage may vary)
Enjoy the Party!

 

[timstalltaletav]

Oh, well Tim, I can help you with that.
It's TV. Everything on TV is perfect. Because behind the scenes is full blown Gourmet Kitchen magic.
Never believe all that you see on TV. When they say, "It's all done with Smoke and Mirrors." It's true, much is faked.
Sorry to pop the bubble.
One of our Son In Laws was into those shows of those guys being dropped in the wilderness to fend for themselves. He insisted it was real, and wasn't faked. That Bear Grills was really out there alone.
I asked him who was running the camera then?
Later, a different "Wilderness Star" was seen eating a fancy big dinner in a 5 star resort near where his Wilderness Survival Show was being taped. But he was supposed to be shivering in a dank wet shelter over night....
The cat was out of the bag, and very quickly his show was canceled amidst great embarrassments.
As long as we hold on to the wonder of it all, we can believe. But reality is often not what it seems.

YMMV... (Your mileage may vary)
Enjoy the Party!

That's for sure! Nothing on TV is as it seems. But I've even seen guys at BBQ competitions that claim to cook in those times frames. I can't figure it out, maybe I'm cooking bigger pieces of meat?

 

[SonnyE]

That's for sure! Nothing on TV is as it seems. But I've even seen guys at BBQ competitions that claim to cook in those times frames. I can't figure it out, maybe I'm cooking bigger pieces of meat?

Everybody is a little different, and every cooker runs a little different.
Learning how to get the best out of what you use is the Key.

Take everyone of those Chef's, put them all on the same cooker, get results all different. ;)
You make it your own. Like making your own rub, taking a recipe and tweaking it a bit, or a lot, and learning how your equipment works best for you.
And then, your results still vary. :mad:

 

[timstalltaletav]

A little late... Poor ND... Hard getting beat like an old plow horse...

Here's one of the butts pulled for tomorrow for my better half for work... The other is pretty much gone... Kudos to Chef JJ and that finishing sauce... Everyone asked what was "different" about the pork. I just shrugged and smiled...

 

[timstalltaletav]

And I also bought a 2 foot stick of smoked pepperoni... This stuff is off the hook!

 

[SmokinAl]

Everything looks great!
Nice job Tim!
Al