A friend of mine's daughter had her first communion yesterday. He and his wife asked if I would do the cooking. How could I say no to that. My biggest challenge was that my smoker isn't really big enough to handle cooking for a crowd. That and with the 3:00pm start time I wanted to make sure there were no delays on my end. So I cooked a brisket and a bone-in butt on Saturday, and did the beans and sausages on Sunday. Everything timed out exactly perfect. I arrived at their house with the food a half an hour before the start of the party.
On with the show...
Stared out with a 10.5 pound bone-in butt
I injected with a 50/50 mix of apple juice and beer
After a slathering of mustard and JB Fatboys All Purpose rub
Let that rest overnight then onto the WSM at 9:30.
Had a brisket working above it
7 hours later it hit 165* so it got foiled with more beer and apple juice
7 more hours we finally hit 195*. I put it into a cassarole dish and let it set in a warmed oven for an hour and a half
Damn that had a nice bark on it!
The little internal thermomter (the bone) said it was done. Just slid right out
All shredded
I put it to bed for the night. Then in the morning I used the finishing sauce and put into a crock pot. Put on high for 2 hours then on low for 2 hours before heading out to the party.
I also did a double batch of Dutch's Baked Beans. So good. If you haven't mad these before, you really should they're awesome. I modified them by leaving out the heat since there was a wide variety of people there. Including a bunch of kids.
I also made a brisket and some sausages. I'll post the brisket in the beef area. After a couple of hours on the smoker I moved one pan of beans to the oven and put the sausages over the other pan of beans.
I ended up with 2 pans of brisket, 2 pans of beans, 1 pan of sausages and a big crock pot filled with pulled pork. I tried to sneak a couple of quick pics at the start of party.
I even had a couple of people ask me about catering for future parties!
Thanks for looking.
Here's the lnk to the brisket cook
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/fo...h-s-beans-and-more-lot-s-of-qview#post_626713
On with the show...
Stared out with a 10.5 pound bone-in butt
I injected with a 50/50 mix of apple juice and beer
After a slathering of mustard and JB Fatboys All Purpose rub
Let that rest overnight then onto the WSM at 9:30.
Had a brisket working above it
7 hours later it hit 165* so it got foiled with more beer and apple juice
7 more hours we finally hit 195*. I put it into a cassarole dish and let it set in a warmed oven for an hour and a half
Damn that had a nice bark on it!
The little internal thermomter (the bone) said it was done. Just slid right out
All shredded
I put it to bed for the night. Then in the morning I used the finishing sauce and put into a crock pot. Put on high for 2 hours then on low for 2 hours before heading out to the party.
I also did a double batch of Dutch's Baked Beans. So good. If you haven't mad these before, you really should they're awesome. I modified them by leaving out the heat since there was a wide variety of people there. Including a bunch of kids.
I also made a brisket and some sausages. I'll post the brisket in the beef area. After a couple of hours on the smoker I moved one pan of beans to the oven and put the sausages over the other pan of beans.
I ended up with 2 pans of brisket, 2 pans of beans, 1 pan of sausages and a big crock pot filled with pulled pork. I tried to sneak a couple of quick pics at the start of party.
I even had a couple of people ask me about catering for future parties!
Thanks for looking.
Here's the lnk to the brisket cook
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/fo...h-s-beans-and-more-lot-s-of-qview#post_626713
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