Hey guys..
Been smoking meat for a while, but just for myself. My mother-in-law is having a Christmas party on Saturday and she has asked me to smoke a couple of boston butts for them to have bbq. I have a 6 and 6.5 lbs. butts.
I know how to actually smoke the meat, but I'm interested in your process for doing something like this for somebody else.
Meat needs to be ready to serve between 4-5 p.m. on Saturday. Here's my plan. Please let me know if you would approach it differently...
1) Prepare smoker to put meat on by midnight Friday night.
2) Once temps and everything is settled (propane), sleep a while...
3) 4-5 hour mark insert meat thermometers...sleep some more...
4) expecting meat to be ready around the noon to 1:00 p.m. mark...
5) remove meat, foil, put in cooler...
6) 4:00 p.m. remove meat, chop...
7) eat
I know I'm probably overthinking the process, but just looking for input. would you start it earlier? later? Anything different?
First overnight smoke to prepare for an afternoon party.
Thanks for ANY input...
Greg
Been smoking meat for a while, but just for myself. My mother-in-law is having a Christmas party on Saturday and she has asked me to smoke a couple of boston butts for them to have bbq. I have a 6 and 6.5 lbs. butts.
I know how to actually smoke the meat, but I'm interested in your process for doing something like this for somebody else.
Meat needs to be ready to serve between 4-5 p.m. on Saturday. Here's my plan. Please let me know if you would approach it differently...
1) Prepare smoker to put meat on by midnight Friday night.
2) Once temps and everything is settled (propane), sleep a while...
3) 4-5 hour mark insert meat thermometers...sleep some more...
4) expecting meat to be ready around the noon to 1:00 p.m. mark...
5) remove meat, foil, put in cooler...
6) 4:00 p.m. remove meat, chop...
7) eat
I know I'm probably overthinking the process, but just looking for input. would you start it earlier? later? Anything different?
First overnight smoke to prepare for an afternoon party.
Thanks for ANY input...
Greg