Sassafraspete's pork butt saga

[sassafraspete]

Sassafraspete\'s pork butt saga

OK, getting ready for the wild New Years Eve party. My Bro-and Sister -in-law and 2 boys are coming over and of course my 79 yr old mother-in-law. We usually break out some wine, but usually the cheap stuff for the MIL. The party is usually pretty wild, with my bro-in-law and I falling asleep and snoring somewhere around 10 PM. If lucky, our better halfs wake us up just in time to put on a party hat and blow the thing-a-ma-jig. We usually call another bro-in-law and give him a group "toot" on the thing-a-ma-jigs. And about those kisses...well maybe from the family dog.

Anyhow, to get ready for the wild party....I thought I'd smoke a couple of pork butts. I don't know why they call them butts when they are in the shoulder. Anyhow, I was going to do prime rib on the smoker, until I priced it ....and then I just couldn't picture my bro-in-law pigging out on that high priced meat...so ended up dragging home these butts...at a substantially lower cost. I figure we'll have some pulled pork BBQ sandwiches.

I thought I would take a few pictures of the process, but unfortunately ....I accidentily deleted the first ones I took. Anyhow, here's what's going on at my house today.....

First step, split some hickory wood and fire the smoker grill up.

 

[sassafraspete]

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The family dog "Alex" is wondering if I have gone crazy?

 

[sassafraspete]

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Had a picture of the beginning product, after applying a rub, however deleted that one by mistake. Anyhow , the smoke is starting to roll....and the dog is beginning to get bored with this slow process.....

 

[sassafraspete]

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OK...the 2 hr check....yep, they are looking brown...black....keeping the temp at medium around 350..... putting fresh hickory on every 20 minutes......

More later.........

sassafraspete

 

[shvl73]

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Nice looking dog, but I might be biased.

 

[sassafraspete]

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Torin, you have good taste too. Looks like your's just saw a picture of the pork butts.

OK....hour 3..... did a temp check. Got 171.....looking for 190.....added some more hickory to the fire.

So , what are you all fixin for your bash?

 

[ronjhall]

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<font color="blue"> So , what are you all fixin for your bash? </font>
Surf and Turf for Four. Not going to cook on the BBQ. Its put away for the winter.

 

[shvl73]

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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( So , what are you all fixin for your bash? )</font>

I'm not sure, we're going shopping tonight so I'll pick out something good to put on the grill.

 

[Glenn9643]

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It'll be pretty quiet around here. I've got ten pounds of pork neckbones that I'm planning to fix for New Year's Day, along with mustard greens, sweet potatoes, and cornbread. We had boston butt for Christmas along with the dressing, etc., as we don't care too much for turkey.

 

[sassafraspete]

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Well, after 4 hrs and 15 minutes, my butts reached temps of 195. Good thing...as the rains came just as I was taking them off the grill. Here are my butts resting.....