First Pork Butt Pics

Glad it worked out for you Chef. Some PB's are just ornery, time wise. I did a couple of 8 # PB's last week at 250 and they hit my magic number of 192 just past the 9 hr mark. Over 195 o they tend to be a bit too overdone for my taste but to each; their own.

One of your pork butt photos, Chef, had information about a lymph gland that was previously unknown to me. I've made many a butt, yet had no clue about this bit of anatomy. Thanks for including it.

Yep, always got to look for the lymph node. Can foul the taste of the butt potentially.

Max, after reading Pork Butt 101 and probably every thread in the forum I saw target temperatures from 185⁰ - 205⁰. Not knowing what I was doing I may have just gotten lucky

DDB, I wish I could take credit for bringing the butt gland to light, but I read about it in the forum first or I never would have known about it.

I did a little research on it and found some believe it to be a myth, some believe it to be a lymph node, some believe it imparts a bad taste in the meat, some believe it makes no difference, some believe it should be removed prior to smoking, and some believe it is easier to remove after smoking.

Me? I don’t know what I think. I gross out easy and what I read grossed me out. Real or not I just wanted it gone if I could find something I could convince myself was it.

Do a search on "gland" in PB and you'll find several threads. Me, I don't trime PB much, just look for the gland.

You team CBA seems to be 2 hours a pd and most seem to get that in the electric CS.

Congrats. PB's are pretty painless in the CS aren't they?

Thanks Smokin. CS makes long smokes seem like a cakewalk.

Had I not read Pork Butt 101 and numerous threads about them I most likely would have panicked about the time, but instead I was able to keep the door closed and press on. “It’s done when it’s done”