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I want to cook a Boston butt this weekend for my daughters bday party. I've cooked a couple in the past and they have been mediocre. Can you all give me some tips, do's and donts. I want this to be the tastiest butt yet! Lol
Use large bone in butt......rub meat side with seasoning of your choice.....get Egg temp to 225 degrees.....put in butt fat side down......cook to internal temp 195-200
Link above for the Elder Ward method is good reading......remember, butts are easy and tasty
There's also nothing wrong with 50/50 salt/course ground pepper (chef's pepper) as a rub. You can use a finishing sauce later after it's pulled.
Make sure your smoke smells good - no white smoke - you want black or clear.
No need to warm it up before throwing on the egg. You can pull it from the fridge, apply rub and immediately throw it on.
I'd take it easy on wood smoke for a kids b-day party. Not everyone likes LOTS of smoke. Just by virtue of it being cooked on a charcoal fire it'll taste good.
It's pretty common. It's a "factory" packing rather than a grocery store packing. Fresher, less handling and keeps for quite a while in your fridge, or you can freeze without risk of freezer burn.
Its likely the market gets them in Cryovac packs, and cuts them into smaller pieces. I eventually found a market that sells them 2 at a time in the cryovac pak. But before that, I would have to ask the meat department for a whole butt, or at least the biggest piece that was on hand.
My limited experience is that portions under 4 pounds don't turn out as well as bigger pieces.
My favorite sauce for PP is Blues Hog Tennessee Red. Just a little tangy. You might be able to have some shipped to you by the weekend.
I'd cook mine a bit higher temp. 250-275 at grate level. Wouldn't even worry if dome temp got up to 300F. Butts are pretty forgiving and can take the higher heat, also results in shorter cooking time.
It should be able to stay FTC for a few hours. The longest I've gone FTC is 3.5 hours once, but I've heard people here have gone a bit longer. You can always hold in a warm oven. You know, that boxy hot thing in the room where you keep your knives. Oops, forgot to say nice looking butt and the crust is really nice too.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit!
Everything turned out great! Everyone loved it. I just finished the couple of scraps that were left over. I also used elders piedmont sauce which was really good. Thanks for the great info everyone...now what to make today? :D
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http://www.nakedwhiz.com/elder.htm
Tons of tips @ the link above.
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1 • Off Topic Disagree 1Agree LikeThere's also nothing wrong with 50/50 salt/course ground pepper (chef's pepper) as a rub. You can use a finishing sauce later after it's pulled.
Make sure your smoke smells good - no white smoke - you want black or clear.
No need to warm it up before throwing on the egg. You can pull it from the fridge, apply rub and immediately throw it on.
I'd take it easy on wood smoke for a kids b-day party. Not everyone likes LOTS of smoke. Just by virtue of it being cooked on a charcoal fire it'll taste good.
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