First and last “Turbo”

FATC1TY

Looks like too much rub, with too much sugar, cooked too high for too long to me. 

Gotta wrap if you turbo, right around the stall. 

Or dont turbo and enjoy a few more beers while you yell at everyone to leave you alone, while you cook dinner. 

dmchicago

FATC1TY said:

Looks like too much rub, with too much sugar, cooked too high for too long to me. 

Gotta wrap if you turbo, right around the stall. 

Or dont turbo and enjoy a few more beers while you yell at everyone to leave you alone, while you cook dinner. 

I've told by many porkheads here NEVER wrap on turbo.

billt01

high IMF, wrap and make pork butt jelly
Low IMF, no wrap but also no pork butt jelly

rifrench

I always do butts low and slow, tried a turbo once but as has been said, the texture isn't the same. Goodwife said " It doesn't pull the same....".  we like our pulled pork shredded, not chunky. I start first thing in the AM, usually done and pulled by 9:00 PM.  We have it the next night for supper, I enjoy it more when my nose is not smoked up from tending the fire.  I have a second egg, and a KBQ, so am able to do something else at the same time!

GregW

I always do low and slow. I primarily use my pellet smoker now due to ease of use, I smoke for 12 hrs @ 190 deg and increase the temp to 225 and cook until the butt hits 195 internal temp. At this point I probe to determine tenderness and either remove from the smoker or continue to cook. Depending on the butt size, the total cook time is 15 to 17 hours.

Cooking at the lower temp allows the butt to spend a lot longer in the smoke and yields a better smoke profile.

SoCalTim

I’m not a big ‘turbo fan, funny how quite a few older retired gentlemen on this site (with lots of time on their hands are really into fast turbo cooks AND how the younger crew here (with little or no extra time are into low & slow smoking — ‘Sunday observations’

SamIAm2

@SoCalTim - from this old retired guy's perspective there never seems to be enough time to get everything done that me and SWMBO want to accomplish. The hourglass here has much more sand on the bottom than the top and it is dropping down at an accelerated pace. You have more time left to enjoy that long cook so cherish that time.