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6 lb Pork Butt Cooking Time/Temp Advice

garthb4903
garthb4903 Posts: 116
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Going for a low and slow tonight or tomorrow morning, what do you recommend for temperature?  Going to mustard, then rub.
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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,319
    Butts are pretty forgiving and there's lots of ways to cook them. 

    I like to cook mine at 275 to an IT of 195-200...and make sure the bone wiggles. I like to FTC it for an hour or so before I pull it apart. 

    The Egg does a marvelous job with butts. 
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 33,897
    You have many options as noted above.  The key is when do you want it ready to consume, then work back from there.  With around 260-280*F you can generally work with around 1.2 hrs/lb but the pig drives the cook.  You can dial it down for longer duration or dial it up into the low 300's*F and be done in around 5 hours or so.  Search turbo butts.
    Finish-line indicator is when the bone pulls clean generally at the temps noted above or into the low 200's.
    Above all, have fun.
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