New to egg- Pork Butt cooking times

jl5770

I'm pretty new to the egg and I am smoking a 10.5 lb butt for my son's high school graduation tomorrow. We won't be eating it until about 9:30 or 10:00pm but I would like for it to be done before I leave the house for graduation, which will be around 5:30pm.  My plan was to wrap it in foil and in a towel and stick it in the Yeti.  Will it hold a pretty good temp in there for 4 hours or should I be concerned about it getting too cold? Also, what time should I put it on and what temp to make sure it's done by 5pm? Any suggestions would be appreciated

Acn

It should do 4 hours in a yeti no problem, especially if you preheat the yeti and your towels.  I'd probably be looking to pull off the egg 30-45 minutes before you need to leave, I would NOT recommend taking a shoulder off and foiling while wearing the suit and tie I'd wear to my kid's graduation.

Is it bone in or boneless?  I usually do my shoulder turbo, about 325, takes about an hour/pound but I wouldn't do it with one that large, the outside would dry out too much.  So you're probably looking to put it on at like 225-250 and thinking about 1.5-2 hours/pound.  So to finish around 4:30 I would want it on by 11:30 to midnight, while I wouldn't do too hot too long with that size, bumping it and/or foiling to push it to the finish line won't hurt.

jl5770

Thanks. This one is bone in. I was thinking midnight to be on the safe side

cookingdude555

Don't cook lower than 250 in my opinion if you have time constraints. Cooking at 225 allows the egg to be lazy, and you could go off on your timing. I say 12-14 hours at 250 is sufficient. i just hope this isn't your first one? The timing issue scares me a little. 

jl5770

I have only had the egg a couple of months but I have cooked quite a bit on it. I did smoke a 6lb butt and it turned out great but I had no time constraints and didn't have to worry about keeping it hot afterward. This one has me nervous so I thought I would if more experienced folks had advice

Grillin_beers

Allow 1.5-2 hours per pound at 250. So for a ten pound butt you might want to put it on the night before...

GoldenQ

Inject with beef broth and cook like Travis,s turbo brisket and it should be done in about 8-9 hours easily and since it will be wrapprd at the end after about 160 you can heat hotter to go faster if needed.

theyolksonyou

@Grillin_beers speaks the truth. No controller, I'd go 275 at least and still get done plenty early. That yeti will hold for hours.  I FTC in a little walmart cheapie for hours.