Need clarification on time it takes to cook multiple Boston Butts...

BUBBA

How long will it take to cook 18 lbs. of Boston Butt @ 250? I am assuming 3 butts at 6 lbs each. Do you take the total weight of all the meat and multiply or the total weight of the largest butt and multiply? I assume it is the ladder as 36 hrs seems too long...
Thanks,[p]Bubba

fishlessman

Bubba,
it will be the same as what it takes you to do one butt on your set up. maybe add an hour as it takes temps a little time to rebound from the cold meat beind added atonce. i try to get them done for noon with food being served between 1 and 5 with the cooler time. dinner time seems to float here, never eat til everyones hungry

Suck Creek Wings

Bubba,[p]I did two 9 pounders at 250 degrees for roughly 17 hours to reach the desired internal temp. I would think anything longer than 18 would be too much.

hayhonker

<p />Bubba,
I did these 18 pounds recently and it took 12 hours to get to 'done' inside. Tequila had nothing to do with it...
BobbyQ mentioned to me that they are seeing more and more fast cooking pork these days.[p]Not saying this will happen to you, but be prepared with a cooler just in case.[p]Good luck!

The Naked Whiz

Suck Creek Wings,
The best butts I ever cooked were 4 8-pound butts that took 20 hours at 230 degrees dome temperature.[p]TNW

stike

Bubba,
a single 6-pounder takes as long as three of them as long as they are not jammed together.[p]in theory... it would take the egg a bit longer to recover from adding 18 pounds of cold meat than 6 pounds (at the start of the cook) but there are so many other factors that can shorten or stretch out a lo-and-slo butt cook, that you can't really quantify it.[p]pretty safe to assume no change in time for multiple butts.

Bordello

Suck Creek Wings,
I had a 9 pounder that I cooked for almost 23 hrs. and my neighbors that have had pulled pork in the south, (I was in Arizona at the time) said it was the best they have had.[p]Regards,
Bordello