Boston Butt for Mom's 91st

FarmerTom

Cooked a 7.5 lb Boston butt today for my mothers' 91st birthday.  Really pleased with this one.  Was on for a little over 7 hours.  Indirect with a drip pan on the plate setter.  Well covered with Dizzy Dust.  Pulled it when the lowest reading I could get with my BGE thermopen was 200 degrees.  Highest was 207.  Used Rockwood lump. Like the way it lights and burns.  Had to really cut down the air flow to keep it from getting too hot.

Foiled and toweled it for a couple of hours until meal time.  Man that was tough.  Ate a piece stuck to the grill and I almost opened that sucker up and pulled me off a hunk.  Umm,  lip smacking, finger licking good. At meal time, I pulled it into small hunks and we served it with large dinner rolls that could be used for sandwiches   I appreciate all the advice I got here on how to go about this cook.  Really simple and really good.

Pics follow, sorry, I didn't get any on the plate with everything else.  I couldn't wait to dig in.

fusionhq

That's awesome!! I hope one day I can do the same for my mother!! Sounds like you did a turbo, around 300-375?

FarmerTom

300 until IT reached at least 200.  It took just a little over 7 hours.

fusionhq

That's perfect. I love the higher temp cooks. Don't get me wrong, low and slows produce some really good, moist meat; but turbo style cooks are becoming more and more prevalent. See @Mickey‌ style.

SGH

It looks incredible my friend. Wish your mother a Happy Birthday from me as well.

theyolksonyou

Glad it came out good Tom. Hope you had a good time with your mom.