Updating PorkButt 101

Beautiful hunk of pork butt smoked 2 ways SmokinOkie. Great photos too.
I read what you say in your signature about a smoke-ring, but you have one on your sliced pork do you not?
See how green I am at the BBQ game? I can't even tell what a smoke ring truly look like. Seriously I remember the days when my smoke rings looked like the prettiest charcoal black color you've ever seen.
Did you cook this good looking BBQ in a Cookshack smoker? if so which model?
The reason I ask is because I have read on some forum messages that the cookshacks do not produce a smoke ring.
Thanks again for all your help.

fine looking butts, smokin.
you sure you didnt just copy my butt pics?? haha! they do have a resemblace, though. maybe the hawgs were cousins.....
looks great!

Looks good.

Did you butterfly that sliced butt,or just pull it early?

We can certainly discuss the smoke ring and I notice that also.

These were cooked in a Model 150, no charcoal in the wood box (which can add a SR) most likely is that it's a slight cure caused by the rub. Use Head Country Championship Seasoning (popular on the circuit and also made in Ponca City Oklahoma).

For the slice, I pulled it at 180 and this is the one I removed the bone, so a modified butterfly. I wanted to do a bone in and a bone out.

And the photos are all mine, as they're fuzzy and out of focus, not like your quality ones in your post

give yourself more credit. them pics are awesome. if the pork taste anything like it looks, i'm closing shop and moving to okiville...

Actually tasted really good. Got several requests for smoking some butts, since about the only time okies get this stuff is when I do them. Still relative new around here, most just don't know what to do with them.

And seasoning after pulling really helps give it a little extra zing.

Thanks CB.

Well thanks to all of Smoknin's (and the forum's) tips here's another okie that's getting requests. In fact I'm putting two on tomorrow that are not for me. Hopefully I'll get these done in my Smokette without having to finish in the oven.

OK Smokin', that's beautiful! But how does the 150 compare to the model 50? Will we get the same results? Everything else being equal?
Gib

quote:

Originally posted by SmokinOkie:
[qb] Actually tasted really good. Got several requests for smoking some butts, since about the only time okies get this stuff is when I do them. Still relative new around here, most just don't know what to do with them.

And seasoning after pulling really helps give it a little extra zing.

Thanks CB. [/qb]

SmokinOkie

What seasoning do you put on after the pulling? Inquiring (newbie) minds want to know.

Mike C

Hey Mike,

Whatever rub I put on the butt in the beginning, I use the same when I pull. I'll also grind it up so it's a little finer than what I put on the outside.

Are you needing a from scratch rub or just find a favorite commercial one.

Smokin'