Pulled pork cook time

dfrea

I'm putting 20 pounds of bone in butt on the egg tonight for a party tomorrow afternoon.  It's 2-10 pounders.  Trying to figure out what time to put it in to be ready to eat by 2:00.  Would my cook time be closer to just a single 10 pounder, or a single 20 pounder?  

Going to be doing 225-250.  I was thinking 10:00 tonight?  I know you cook to temp, not time, but I just need a ballpark - don't want it to be nowhere near done at 1:00, and also don't want to pull it off at 8:00 the next morning and have to re-heat.  I'd like to FTC arround 1:00 to give it a bit of a rest, and pull and serve at 2.

lousubcap

Your twin butts will cook as a stand-alone 10# each-just will need a little extra time to get back to stable temp when initially loaded.  And each will cook at its own pace so check them each as you approach the finish-line.  At around 260-280*F on the calibrated dome thermo I will plan for about 1.5 hrs/#.  Trying to hit a one-hour window is quite a crap-shoot.  You can easily FTC for 4 hours so you may want to aim to finish earlier thus if running long you can bump up the temp to punch them home.  FWIW-

dfrea

So my 2 10# will cook the same as 1 10#, essentially?

Hotch

My last butt, 9.5Lbs, went 17 hours at 235 cook and 195 IT. FTC'd for 3.

Best one yet.

Tjcoley

dfrea said:

So my 2 10# will cook the same as 1 10#, essentially?

Correct.  And as @lousubcap said above, I'd plan on finishing a couple hours early and FTC,  However, if you find you are running close to time and need to speed things up, you can bump the temp up to 350 at the end to finish. 

dfrea

Thanks for the advice.  Think I'll move my start time up to 8pm tonight instead of 10, that'll give me 16 hours to pull it off at noon.

Carolina Q

At 250° dome temp, 10 lb @ 1.5-2 hrs per lb = 15-20 hrs. But butts have minds of their own.

You could also try a turbo cook at 350°. Maybe this will help (or do a search for turbo butt).

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1166068/turbo-butt-question

Be sure to calibrate your dome thermometer. They can be WAY off. Boiling water should read 212° (depending on your elevation). If not, turn the nut on the back until it does.

tulocay

I did 4 butts last weekend. They were between 6.5 and 7.5 lbs. cooked 250 dome. Took the first one off at the 15 hr mark and the last one at the 18 hour mark. Thermapen went in like butta at 205 internal.