Need help with my wife's Big Butt

TN_Egger · July 2012

The wife brought home an 18 pound butt this afternoon. 18 pounds! Figuring 1.5 to 2 hours per pound, 27 to 36 hours to cook this thing? What if I bump the temp to 300...350? Haven't done an overnighter yet...looks like I will now.

BYS1981 · July 2012

Is it cryovac'd? It might be 2 pieces wrapped in one. Lol good title.

lousubcap · July 2012

Is it cryovac'd? It might be 2 pieces wrapped in one. Lol good title.

+1 with title-hope she doesn't check this out or who knows if you will ever need to worry about the cook!

cazzy · July 2012

lol great title. It might even been a boneless shoulder. Costco has boneless butts that size so just a guess.

MrCookingNurse · July 2012

Wowzers! Even if it's not two couldn't you just cut it in half somehow.

ben4unc · July 2012

I like smoked butts and I cannot lie!

R2Egg2Q · July 2012

Yes likely two in one pack. You can probably tell your wife her butt isn't as big as it looks. :-O

nolaegghead · July 2012

I like smoked butts and I cannot lie!

awsome

bigguy136 · July 2012

My butcher couldn't get much over 13 lbs so I agee, two maybe in one pack. I normally cook 8-10 lb butts. I feel doing the larger ones don't get as much flavor.