HOLY Pig!!!

Big_Green_Craig · June 2014

I am cooking for a church choir's picnic tomorrow. There should be approx 120 people there. I've got 65+lbs of pork shoulders (8 total) on the Egg.

I have an older XL Egg which means I lack some vertical space due to the dome being flatter than the newer models. I removed my fire ring and positioned the plate setter legs up directly on top of the fire box. Removing the fire ring gives me about 5" of extra vertical space. I have 4 larger butts on the bottom and 4 on the top. I'm using my homemade grate extender (a Weber rack with 6" bolts as legs).

All 65lbs FIT!!!

SmokeyPitt · June 2014

I think you have room for a couple of slabs of spares on top :P.

Big_Green_Craig · June 2014

SmokeyPitt said:

I think you have room for a couple of slabs of spares on top :P.

All kidding aside, I think I am going to throw on some wings!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!

DMW · June 2014

All kidding aside, I think I am going to throw on some wings!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!

I think that's why you have the medium. :-\"

johnmitchell · June 2014

Now that is impressive.. Good luck..

GaBGE · June 2014

That's a lot of butt

johnkitchens · June 2014

Way to go Craig!

boochsr71 · June 2014

looks great!

SJ21XDC · June 2014

Impressive!!

xiphoid007 · June 2014

With really packed cooks like this do you find the airflow changes your heat control? Do u rotate your butts? (Ha! Rotate your butt!!!)

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Grillwino · June 2014

Jealous!

mcmac · June 2014

Thats a lot of pork my friend. Have you ever done that many at once before?

tksmoke · June 2014

Rotate your butt - that's a whole new style of cooking - twerking!!!

Big_Green_Craig · June 2014

xiphoid007 said:

With really packed cooks like this do you find the airflow changes your heat control? Do u rotate your butts? (Ha! Rotate your butt!!!) )

I don't notice any airflow issues. I did rotate half way through the cook.

Big_Green_Craig · June 2014

mcmac said:

Thats a lot of pork my friend. Have you ever done that many at once before?

Most I've done was 6 (46lbs). This was def a personal record.

Big_Green_Craig · June 2014

RESULTS: I called an audible at the last minute. I decided to turbo. I cooked at 300F. The 8 butts were done in 8 hours! I got great smoke, juiciness & tenderness. WOW! These were great! I hate that I have to hand them over to others....

Wolfpack · June 2014

Looks great- nice

Big_Green_Craig · June 2014

I ended up having 1 entire butt left over. I would call that a fairly close estimate! Extra pork is better than not enough. It was a great learning experience and by far the largest single cook that I have ever attempted.

Big_Green_Craig · June 2014

I took all of my leftover pork to the office today. I was forced to use this gasser to heat it up. It makes me appreciate my Eggs...

KenfromMI · June 2014

Did you add anything like apple juice when you rewarmed in those aluminum pans? Also how long did it take to reheat the pans once chilled?

Big_Green_Craig · June 2014

KenfromMI said:

Did you add anything like apple juice when you rewarmed in those aluminum pans? Also how long did it take to reheat the pans once chilled?

I put about a 1/4 cup of water in the bottom of the pan and threw them foil pans into a 400F oven. I let them steam for approx 25 minutes. It was tender, juicy, and tasted like it came directly off the smoker.

HOLY Pig!!!

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