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Pork Butt advice

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MacKay52
MacKay52 Posts: 74
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I am cooking 2 - 7# pork butts tomorrow. Will the cooking time vary much or not at all from when I have done 1?
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  • robnybbq
    robnybbq Posts: 1,911
    edited June 2013
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    No - Make sure they are not touching and they will be close.

    Did this last weekend - 15 hrs at 245

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    Garnerville, NY
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  • r270ba
    r270ba Posts: 763
    edited June 2013
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    Cooking 2 8#'ers tonight as well.  Time will be the same as 1 8#er.

    Provided they are uniform.
    Anderson, SC
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,343
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    Related-each will cook at their own pace and likely will finish an hour or two different in time.  Use foil, towels and cooler (FTC) to hold til ready to pull.
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • r270ba
    r270ba Posts: 763
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    Another thing I will do when 'fresh' pulled pork is not a requirement is go ahead and pull the pork, put it in a tin, put it in the fridge, and reheat when I get where I am going.  It reheats really well as long as you reheat it slow.

    FTC is a much better method but sometimes you have to make compromises and this is a pretty good one.
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
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    Allow an extra hour (like you can time them that close anyway) The more cold mass you put in the longer it will take to recover. If you were doing four, you would allow two hours so it's not linear.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • r270ba
    r270ba Posts: 763
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    @little_steven Do you put you butts on cold or room temp?
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