I had a 11 lb butt that I cut in half in order to cut down cook time.
Here they are before resting in fridge overnight.
And here they are partially through cook. IT temps of big one 150, small one has IT of 163. I think I am going to wrap the big one when it gets to 165 so I can compare one foiled and one not foiled at end of smoke.
If you look closely, you will see my new A-Maze-N tube smoker. I can't tell you how pleased I am with this thing! I started the tube smoker at 6:15 am this morning and now it is 11:15 am and I have literally not touched my smoker since 6:15 this morning. As you can see it puts off just the right amount of smoke and my smoker has been between 238 and 242 since I started. I also have sand in my water pan as you can see and I think that is helping keep the temps constant as well.
I am making mac and cheese as well as Dutch's Wicked Beans. Can't wait to eat and more pics to come!
Almost time to eat! I put them on at same time. The bigger foiled butt is actually going to get to 200 a tad before the smaller no foil butt.
Going to pull them both at 200 then rest for an hour the dig in!
Above is the "foiled" at 165 butt. It was really juicy but of course the bark was not quite there. Very good though.
Above is the "no foil" butt. On smoker uncovered the whole time. Much better bark and to my surprise it was more juicy than the foiled butt. My wife said the "no foil" tasted better to her. I could not tell much difference but I do like the bark!
Dinner time!
Dutch's Wicked Beans were fantastic! I see now why everyone on here loves them so much.
I am a sand in the pan convert. Temps were constant all day and no water pan did not hurt the moistness in the meat at all.
Here they are before resting in fridge overnight.
And here they are partially through cook. IT temps of big one 150, small one has IT of 163. I think I am going to wrap the big one when it gets to 165 so I can compare one foiled and one not foiled at end of smoke.
If you look closely, you will see my new A-Maze-N tube smoker. I can't tell you how pleased I am with this thing! I started the tube smoker at 6:15 am this morning and now it is 11:15 am and I have literally not touched my smoker since 6:15 this morning. As you can see it puts off just the right amount of smoke and my smoker has been between 238 and 242 since I started. I also have sand in my water pan as you can see and I think that is helping keep the temps constant as well.
I am making mac and cheese as well as Dutch's Wicked Beans. Can't wait to eat and more pics to come!
Almost time to eat! I put them on at same time. The bigger foiled butt is actually going to get to 200 a tad before the smaller no foil butt.
Going to pull them both at 200 then rest for an hour the dig in!
Above is the "foiled" at 165 butt. It was really juicy but of course the bark was not quite there. Very good though.
Above is the "no foil" butt. On smoker uncovered the whole time. Much better bark and to my surprise it was more juicy than the foiled butt. My wife said the "no foil" tasted better to her. I could not tell much difference but I do like the bark!
Dinner time!
Dutch's Wicked Beans were fantastic! I see now why everyone on here loves them so much.
I am a sand in the pan convert. Temps were constant all day and no water pan did not hurt the moistness in the meat at all.
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