?? Smoke than Oven

[prism]

Hi All,
Question on Friday I was planning to do two shoulder about 7-8 lbs ea for a party that night. Something came up (work

) is it ok to smoke in the AM for a couple of hours than put them in oven to finish up (I know this wrong) but, A man got to do what a man has to do. Thanks

 

[bigbaldbbq]

Yeah there is no problem with that. When I need to do it, I will smoke it for about 4 hours and wrap it and put it in the oven and let it finish.

 

[fire it up]

I'm with bigbaldbbq, try to smoke for at least 4 hours to get some bark going and give the meat a chance to pick up some good smoke flavor.
If you are going to put it in the oven to finish up I would set it for about 200, that way there is no chance of the temp raising up too much on you.
How long will it set in the oven?

 

[the dude abides]

You gotta do what you gotta do. No question there.

 

[mballi3011]

If you have to throw it in the oven but like fire said make sure to give it 4-5 hours in good smoke to get the flavor. Don't forget to keep the thermo-meter in the butt so you can take it to about 200-205 then foil and cooler time at least 1-2 hours then pull for the good stuff.

 

[richoso1]

Not a problem, I've done that when a storm has come in on my fun outdoors. Go for it.

 

[fishawn]

Another option may be to finish them early (not sure about your time schedule) & put them in a warmed up cooler, stuffed with blankets, towels or newpaper in the dead air spaces. This method will keep a large chunk of meat like those HOT for quite a while (as in hours). I have used this for both Shoulders & Briskets & it works great. Even put your probe in one or both & monitor there temps with the lid closed. Just a thought...

 

[prism]

Thanks All
The 4 hour smoke time sounds good. I going to oven the shoulders @200 to finish them. ?? When I get back and if I'm running out of time is it ok to bump up heat to get to 205 for pulling. Thanks

 

[rickw]

Yep, what the others said. I had to do this just this past weekend due to strong winds. The butt and ribs turned out great.