I'm glad pork is forgiving, but...

JohnMc

Put on an 8-9 lb butt at midnight (my first attempt at a butt), thought all was fine.  Temp went up shortly afterwards so that I was getting grill temp around 250 which went up to a little over 300 by this morning.  Dome was at 350 when I checked it.  What I was planning to be a 12-16 hour cook ended up with a meat temp of 195 at 8 this morning so I cooked about an hour/lb instead of what I expected.  Pulled it off the BGE, tasted a chunk and amazingly it is very moist and tastes great.  What is the best way to handle this early arrival now?  I put it in foil, towel, cooler but will it continue to cook and dry out that way?  I was planning on eating for dinner tonight but now wondering if I should pull it now and reheat it for later, leave it alone, eat it for breakfast and feed tonights guests burgers's or what?  I'd appreciate any advice.  Thanks.

Chunky_Charc

There should be others that will chime in with much more experience than I....

However, I would wrap that baby in two sheets of heavy duty aluminum foil, wrap that in a towel and toss it in a cooler.  I think the temp should hold on that for several hours....it should not continue to cook but it should allow the meat to rest.  I am betting that around noonish you could unwrap it and pull it.  It will not be dried out if it is not dried out now.  When you get ready to serve it mix in with your favorite BBQ sauce and reheat....I assume you could reheat on the Egg if you wanted.

Hope this helps and I will be watching to see if any the veterans out there will give better or different advice.

Chunky

lousubcap

+1 with Chunky's plan. After pulling you can reheat any number of ways-just add the Q sauce, cover tightly in a pan (oven temp or BGE at around 200-220) or use a crock pot. Enjoy-

JohnMc

Great, thanks guys.  Appreciate the help.

JohnMc

I did what you guys suggested and the pork was still awesome.. Thanks fornthe guidance.

lousubcap

Never a doubt with pork-glad it was a success.  Happy B'day USA.

QDude

There should be others that will chime in with much more experience than I....

However, I would wrap that baby in two sheets of heavy duty aluminum foil, wrap that in a towel and toss it in a cooler.  I think the temp should hold on that for several hours....it should not continue to cook but it should allow the meat to rest.  I am betting that around noonish you could unwrap it and pull it.  It will not be dried out if it is not dried out now.  When you get ready to serve it mix in with your favorite BBQ sauce and reheat....I assume you could reheat on the Egg if you wanted.

Hope this helps and I will be watching to see if any the veterans out there will give better or different advice.

Chunky

You will probably find that you won't need to reheat it.  I have kept mine in a cooler wrapped with foil and towels for 12 hours and it was too hot to pull the meat still!