Well I have successfully ( FINALLY) completed my first smoked pork butt! It took A LOT longer than I had expected. After all the work and all of the waiting...... I wish I had done 2 or 3 butts! hahahahaha I am not sure there is enough to share outside of my family! hehehehe Everyone is picking at it, gosh what are they thinking; we are at a pig pick'in! hahahaha
Just to let you know....
I seasoned my pork butt with my own seasonings and let it absorb the spices for several hours. I put the 7.68 butt on the top shelf in my smoker with 2 and 5/8 oz of hickory (2 pieces) at midnight with the temperature set at 200. At 6 am it was at 140* and I turned the smoker up to 225*. I hit my plateau 1030 am and it lasted HOURS!!!! I never peeked although I was soo tempted. My pork finally hit 195* at 4 am. My butt cooked about 28 hours. I THINK next time I will pull it off sooner as it was WAYYYYYY too tender for me. It was sooo easy to pull and YES everyone loves it even the kids (teenagers). I sure hope I will enough for dinner if they will stop pickin at it! UUGGHHHH
So if anyone has any rub suggestions or recipes that you care to share with me, I would love to have them! Thanks for all the support and encouragement through this learning process! So how long before I am an expert at this???? I hope long before my CS wears out!!! hehehehehe
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