First butt was a hit. Pics finally work.

This was my second smoke with my 009. I bought two 7 lb. butts at Sam's and smoked one. I rubbed it with CS Spicy Chicken, CS Rib Rub, sugar, salt and garlic powder and let sit for 22 hours. I was not very comfortable with the appearance of the meat because it had so much marbling.

I put the butt in the smoker with a can of apple juice and 4 oz. of hickory. I inserted the Polder and the meat and oven temps went to over 300� in two minutes. What a great gadget. Anyway, I started the butt at 200� for 5 hours, then bumped it to 225� and on up to 250� at 14 hours. I also opened the door several times, trying to encourage bark.

I attempted to, and successfully pulled the butt out 3 hours before lunch at 199� internal (now using an old Pyrex "polder"). The total cook time was 18 hours. It was foiled/toweled and placed in a cooler for two hours.

This is a picture of the butt fresh out of the smoker.


And this is the butt during the pull.


The meat was extremely hot inside and I should have checked with an infrared thermometer. I think it is almost needless to say the meat was excellent. There were no negative comments from the 9 people who ate the meat.

I didn't add any extra rub as I pulled it and had CS sauce on the table. Thanks to Cookshack for a great product and this forum.

I want to try ribs or a brisket now, but am still scared.