Here is my first butt

Congrats!

Only 148?

You certainly have to give it enough time.

Try again, get a real butt, around 7lbs and you'll be happy when it gets above 190 and then you come to what you tried.

Yeah, it's what they had. And then I went from not feeling well, to being busy, to having meetings etc...I need a good solid weekend with nothing to do!

CONGRATS TONY !!

My first attempt at butts were for the superbowl, 2 7 pounders,,took them to 190 plus and then did 40 wings. wings were hardly touched but the pork went fast. I am a believer in BUTTS !!,,LOL
they were delicious !!,
p.s. im dead west of you in Rapid city, s.d.

Thinking about a ride to Sturgis this year!

190 huh? Well there is something I didn't know. I'll post a pic when I try it again!

Tony,
Read Smokin's Butt 101. It will do more than get you started in the right direction. It explains it all there.

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Originally posted by Tony Bennett:
[qb] 190 huh? Well there is something I didn't know. [/qb]

Probably one of the more confusing things is temp.

For example. To cook to medium rare, you cook beef to 130 but for brisket you cook to 190.

For butts, you don't cook it to 150 or so like you would a tenderloin, but 190 or so.

The reason is collagen. The tough cuts, like briskets/butt need time for the collagen to break down and do their magic.

trust me. Cook the next butt to around 190. It will basically be falling apart and wiggle like jello and it will be so tender it will fall apart.

Then you'll go "Ah, Grasshopper now understand what the Master means"...

enjoy.

Smokin'

And give it plenty of time. The butts I cooked last weekend avg'ed about 10# each. They went in at 11:00pm Saturday and hit 190* at 12:30pm Sunday with the CS set at 225* and never opened.

I swear I had read 140-150 was the temp I was to shoot for. I bet I was reading in the wrong spot about a different cut of meat.