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1st Time FTC Butts Question

danv23
danv23 Posts: 956
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I took 2 9lb butts off at 192 IT at 12:30pm today.  They have been sitting FTC in the sun since then.  Do I take them out an hour early and unwrap before I pull?  Do I leave them wrapped for that hour, or for 30 min, or unwrap and let sit for 30min?  Help, and thanks!

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,883
    If they have been sitting wrapped for the time you stated above, they have done about all that they are going to do.  You can pull as soon as you unwrap them. Sitting longer will gain you nothing.  

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  • danv23
    danv23 Posts: 956
    edited August 2015
    Thanks @SGH.  I normall take em off, let em sit out for an hour and then pull.  That whole juices "re-distribution" thing.  Didn't want to miss out on that doing the FTC.

    The Dude: This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-you's. And, uh, lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder's head. Luckily I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug regimen to keep my mind, you know, limber.

    Walter Sobchak: Nihilists! *uck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos. 

    Cumming, GA

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    Gasser - Blaze 5 Burner

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,883
    danv23 said:
    Thanks @SGH.  I normall take em off, let em sit out for an hour and then pull.  That whole juices distribution thing.  Didn't want to miss out on that doing the FTC.
    If I read your time correct above, they have been sitting for approaching 4 hours. They are a done deal my friend. You can certainly let them sit out for a while if you so chose. But again, they have redistributed all the juice that they are going to at this point.  

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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    the "rest before eating" thing is for roasts.  butts have had much of the moisture cooked out of them, and the moisture that's left is an illusion (it's not water, which is long gone mostly, but the melted collagen).  there are no reall "juices" being redistributed in a resting butt.

    FTC is really for when you are done early.  it is not a necessary step.  a butt won't be any more moist than it is when it is just finished cooking. 
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  • danv23
    danv23 Posts: 956
    10-4 @Darby_Crenshaw

    The Dude: This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-you's. And, uh, lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder's head. Luckily I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug regimen to keep my mind, you know, limber.

    Walter Sobchak: Nihilists! *uck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos. 

    Cumming, GA

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