Two Butts are Better Than One

bob.bud

Costco two pack of pork is what is cooking today. It's 30 degrees or thereabouts outside, and all is good.


14 lbs of butt:



Egg coming up to temp as the pork is rubbed up (Carolina rub):



The KAB was shook, some Rockwood added, and fire lit (half sheet of paper towel pulled from my jar of oil is the starter method I use) at approximately 0830. Here is a pic, at 0856 with the egg sitting at 250 (water drops are from the snow cap that melted off the dome and cap):



Butts were on the egg by 0900. The wait begins. Two cups of coffee in, is it too early for a drink?

By the way, the egg was a little stiff to open this morning. I was thinking I was going to have to start a fire via the bottom vent to get her open. A quick tug solved the problem.

Plan is to devour one today, and vacuum seal the other to enjoy in the future. Perhaps some will be used for the pulled pork quesadillas I saw posted recently.

pgprescott

Little Cesar's butts!
Butt!!!! Butt!!!!!
Looking good!

Robo2015

I know the Costco two pack well! Enjoy the cook.  Nice idea rotating the dome thermometer.  I never thought of that.  

bob.bud

@robo2015, I have never been disappointed with the butts, brisket, ribeyes, ribs, etc I have purchased from them.

The idea of rotating the thermometer was picked up off a post somewhere in this forum - it makes for a quick glance outside and knowing temp without having to go outside into the 30 degree weather. Walk over as I take a pull on whatever it is I am drinking and nod appreciatively as the egg holds temp.

Egg sitting @250 and the the butt with the probe in it is reading 157. I am a 4hrs into this cook - and a few beverages in and biding my time by oiling up some butcher blocks.

JohnnyTarheel

Gonna be a good eat soon!!

lousubcap

@bob.bud said:
is it too early for a drink?

My BGE adult supervisory beverage rules (totally time-independent):  light the BGE=time for an adult supervisory beverage, food on=time for an adult supervisory beverage.  Once the food is on then as desired for the appropriate level of focused adult supervision and SWMBO eggscape time.  FWIW-

bob.bud

Both butts both sitting at 193:



... and it smells so damn good outside.

bob.bud

7.5 hrs later.

The one in the back stuck a little to the grill and tore a bit:



another view of the one in back:


and the the other butt:

Robo2015

7.5 hours, nice! Those things were cooking!

loveTheEgg

Am I reading this correctly? 7lb butt at 250 hit 193IT In 7.5 hrs?? 

bgeaddikt

Right behind ya with the 2/2 butt i had from my 2 pack. No rotisserie this time

bob.bud

@loveTheEgg, the temp did drift up on me and got to about 275, for how long, I do not know. I dialed it down and it settled in around 265.

bgeaddikt

Mine just came off

johnkitchens

What is that white stuff on your table? No seriously good looking cook. It was 71 here today and will be 80 by mid week! 

LRW

Those look great now I am wanting to cook one

blasting

Looks great.  That white stuff all over is always fun to see...

Brisket_Fanatic

Bark looks wonderful!

bob.bud

@johnkitchens the snow has all melted, we made it into the 60s today.

@lrw, blasting, and Brisket_Fanatic thanks.

Here is a shot of some of it shredded:



and this gives new meaning to making bacon:


found this when looking online for the pig bottle openers.

YukonRon

This thread doth rocketh!

Budaman5000

Looks really good ya all making me jealous

nolaegghead

right on!