We're having a get together at a buddy's house across town tomorrow afternoon, and I was volunteered to smoke a couple of pork butts. Since my last butts took right at 20 hours to get to the 195 degree range, I decided that it would be best to smoke them in advance of the party.
Right now, I'm 15:45 into my two butts and have an internal of 179*. FWIW, I started at 9 am and kept the temperature between 215 and 230 for most of the day. I plateaued at 149-150, but once I overcame the plateau, I've had a nice, steady increase to it's current temp. I did bump up the cooking temp to about 250* sometime around the 12 hour mark. I expect that I'll reach the 195-200 range within another couple of hours.
My question is, should I go ahead and pull immediately (following a cool down period, of course), or should I wrap them whole and pull them when I arrive tomorrow afternoon before we eat at 4ish? I know it's late, but if any of you night owls have a suggestion, let me know!
Michael
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