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Butt for the 4th

Egg_Head_MD Posts: 9

July 2019 in Off Topic

Had some people over for the 4th so I decided to try my hand at pork butt. Got an 8.5lb bone-in from Publix and found a recipe on amazingribs.com with a few tweaks from this site. Dry brined for 18 hours. Made my own rub (recipe also from amazingribs). Mustard base. Threw it on the egg at 2am. Ended up coming off around 3pm and I made my guests wait 1 hour before I got to bust out the bear claws. Think it went pretty well for my first time.

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Dry brine

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Home made rub

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Mustard base

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Rub applied

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Egg engaged

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7 hours in

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9 hours in

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13 hours later, 197F achieved

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You can see the bone starting to fall out

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Finished product

Smyrna, GA

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Comments

johnmitchell Posts: 6,750

July 2019

Home run.. Looks great, and welcome.

Greensboro North Carolina
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thetrim Posts: 11,375

July 2019

Looks awesome

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marysvilleksegghead Posts: 862

July 2019

nice cook!

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YukonRon Posts: 17,075

July 2019

Great cook.congrats.

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wardo Posts: 398

July 2019

How did the guests respond? Looks really good! Next time you should try the turbo butt and see how it compares

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Egg_Head_MD Posts: 9

July 2019

wardo said:

How did the guests respond? Looks really good! Next time you should try the turbo butt and see how it compares

It was gone within 10 minutes.
Yeah I’d like to try another method next time, see how it goes. Maybe when it’s just for me and the Mrs.

Smyrna, GA
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