I got me a nice 8 lb pork butt todays smoke. Rubbed it all down with mustard, covered it with my rub and when the MB 7 in 1 was at 225 and smoking, I placed it in on the grate. Came back inside, sat down and realized I didn't put the digital thermometer probe in the meat! Back out to the smoker I go and, being this is my first butt and it has the bone in it, I felt that I should try and keep it away from the bone?. I set the alarm to sound at 140 ( I'm going to foil it) and one hour later I hear it! Oops! I guess I had it too close to the bone anyway. Repositioned the probe and it showed an internal temp of 95, thats better. Now it's starting to rain a little. Oh well, I was up too late last night and I have to work again tonight from 8pm until 2am. At least in between, I can enjoy my smoking and tomorrow I will feast! Hears a pic of the "before" and I will try to post a pic of the "after".
Okay........It is finished! I never dreamed it would take 16 hours to reach 200 degrees! Since I had to leave for work, I double foiled it and placed it in the oven. I got off earlier than expected and arrived home just before 2am and it was at 199 degrees. When it hit 200, I let it rest for about 45 minutes and when I began pulling it, it just fell apart. Delicious doesn't do it justice! (Does it get any better than this?) I have a fresh batch of my Bbq sauce and Finishing Sauce ready and I'm looking forward to today's feast. Once again I have to thank Jeff and the folks here on the SMF. With your help, I'm getting this "smoking thing" down pretty good.
Okay........It is finished! I never dreamed it would take 16 hours to reach 200 degrees! Since I had to leave for work, I double foiled it and placed it in the oven. I got off earlier than expected and arrived home just before 2am and it was at 199 degrees. When it hit 200, I let it rest for about 45 minutes and when I began pulling it, it just fell apart. Delicious doesn't do it justice! (Does it get any better than this?) I have a fresh batch of my Bbq sauce and Finishing Sauce ready and I'm looking forward to today's feast. Once again I have to thank Jeff and the folks here on the SMF. With your help, I'm getting this "smoking thing" down pretty good.