First pork butt

DaHawg

My first pork butt took 12 hours at a dome temp of 220-250 degrees.

Rubbed with olive oil and some leftover brisket seasoning. 

The stall started right at 160 and took almost 3 hours to get to 165.

I bumped the dome temp up to 300 and double wrapped at 170 degrees and pulled at 195.

It was amazing...

JRWhitee

That looks great buddy, GO BUCKS!

Ladeback69

Looks great, nice job.  Remember you didn't have to wait for the stall to be over, you could have warped at 160 with foil, raised the heat and gotten through the stall faster.  Sometimes when it hits the stall I will just go ahead and take to 275 to 300 to make the stall not so long and lit it ride till it is done.

There are many ways to cook a pork butt.

DaHawg

Go Bucks!

DaHawg

I thought the stall was when the breakdown was happening in the roast. I will need to try wrapping at the stall next time.

Ladeback69

DaHawg said:

I thought the stall was when the breakdown was happening in the roast. I will need to try wrapping at the stall next time.

Here is a good article, but long from Amazing Ribs.  The method was taking about is called the Texas Crutch and has been used by many BBQ competitors for years.  http://amazingribs.com/tips_and_technique/the_stall.html

Meathead is a good book and has a lot of information in it about smoking meat.  
http://amazingribs.com/meathead/the_book.html

DaHawg

Good stuff there, thanks for sharing!