I decided to do a pork butt for the first time in my cheesy El Cheapo modified Brinkman Kettle. (the big gift for 15 years of service at the greedy corporation I work for...)
Anyways... I start at 7 pm - stay up half the night keeping the temp around 225 - drink a 6 pack or two and play horseshoes with my buddy to keep my mind occupied, and then around noon the next day get the baby up to 190 degrees. (it might of been a whole shoulder instead of just the pork butt portion... 8.5 pounds) (WallyWorld sells a "square cut" pork butt, is that what I want?)
Anyways... I let it rest, then douse it with Smokin' Okie's finishing sauce.
The Mrs., still ugly about me and my buddie's all nighter (all for the noble cause of BBQ), then eats a pulled pork sandwich, and says "this is good, this is very good, this is very very good".
Seizing the opportunity, I tell her, "honey, you know, you could cook eat these every week if I had a Cookshack oven", and I wouldn't stay up all night drinking and playing horseshoes. And we wouldn't have all these charcoal ashes all over the garden, and beer cans on the roof, and (pointing to my buddy) him still sleeping on the couch.
She was sold, and I hope to order my Smokette soon.
Thanks for the great forum.
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