Smoked A Couple of Butts

[Gonna Smoke]

Some very dear friends, really like family to us, asked me if I would smoke a couple of butts for them for this weekend. It is his parents 50th wedding anniversary. They knew that I was going to be out of town and said that they would just cook them in crock pots. There's just simply no comparison and I certainly wanted to do what I could for them on such a special day. So I smoked them and they will come get them tomorrow.

Pretty much a straight forward smoke, nothing special. Coarse salt, fresh ground pepper, and a good coating of rub.

So 5:00am off to the offset where I had some hickory and white oak coals ready with the temp running right around 230℉. Here's a picture after about 5 hours.

Around the 11th hour, internal temp was hitting around 205℉ so time to pull and rest.

Bones came out clean.

Got it all pulled and into the refrigerator. They requested no sauce as they'll put it on the side.

Special friends(family) and I'm happy that I could help on this very special occasion....

 

[kilo charlie]

Looks great to me! And good on you for doing it for your friends!

 

[PPG1]

Nice cook

 

[smokerjim]

Looks excellant!

 

[sawhorseray]

Beautiful, nice piece of work! RAY

 

[WI Smoker77]

Great looking butts! Nice of you to help them out on such a special occasion. You just made your friendship a little 'tighter' with them I'm sure. Great job.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Looks great to me! And good on you for doing it for your friends!

Thank you, kc, it was truly a labor of love....on several fronts...

Nice cook

Looks excellant!

Beautiful, nice piece of work! RAY

Thank you all. This is truly a special occasion and the rest of the story is that the father has Parkinson's. He's still mostly functional, but we can all see the decline in his physical abilities. What an honor and privilege it is to be able do something for them.

 

[Wurstmeister]

Great job on the pork and a wonderful act of kindness for taking care of friends on such a special day in their life!
John

 

[sandyut]

those look great! you are good man to hook up the good friends for their 50th!

 

[JLeonard]

Boy, you got some pretty butt there. I’m sure they will enjoy.

 

[Colin1230]

I know you took a lot of pride in doing that for dear friends.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Great job on the pork and a wonderful act of kindness for taking care of friends on such a special day in their life!
John

Thank you, John...

those look great! you are good man to hook up the good friends for their 50th!

Sandy, it means a lot to me to just be able to do something, however insignificant in the grand scheme of things it may be. 50 years of marriage is a long time in today's world, almost unheard of anymore. And with his physical limitations, it makes it that much more meaningful.

I know you took a lot of pride in doing that for dear friends.

Yes Colin, I try very hard to please my family and friends with my cooking. Sometimes I fail miserably.

 

[912smoker]

Great looking PP ! And spreading the love is what it's all about ! I'm sure they really appreciated your effort in making their day even more special!
You're a great friend for sure!
Keith

 

[jmusser]

What a great thing/ Those butts have a fabulous bark on em. Well done and for a great occasion. LIKE

 

[GaryHibbert]

Any couple who makes it to their 50th anniversary deserves a special day. And your made your friends and their parents' day real special. Well done.
Gary

 

[jcam222]

Looks like you nailed it. Nice job!

 

[uncle eddie]

Perfect from my perspective...

 

[DanFromCT1983]

They look great! And they were for a great cause! Nice job!

 

[JCAP]

Nothin finer than a pork 'heiner'. Looks great.

 

[HalfSmoked]

Awesome looking butts and what a nice jester for family friends on a special day for their parents.

Warren