They Stared at my Butt for Hours....

Dave

...but in the end, it was worth it![p]You may remember that I woke up at 6am yesterday to start a Boston Butt, only to realize it was tainted. It was about 11:30 am when I finally got home with a replacement butt, about 5.5 lbs. Knowing that I had guests coming over that evening, I just pulled it our of the plastic wrap and tossed it into the still-burning egg, and hoped for the best.[p]I followed Cat's advice and upped the temp. I cooked it at 225* until the internal temp hit 155 (at about 5pm), then I increased the temp to 300*. Finally, at about 8pm, the internal temp hit 190*. I'd been waiting for 200*, but decided to open up the egg and test it. My fork slid in and out easily, and when I twisted, the butt offered no resistance. I pulled it out and wrapped it in foil for al of 10 minutes. Then I pulled, they ate, they wept, they begged for more.[p]So after all the false starts, and with absolutely no seasonings or spices of any sort, it was still fantastic! Long live the egg!

Nature Boy

Dave,
Great news!! Pork flavored butt.
Congrats on the success. Ya done good.
NB

Smokey

Dave,[p]You done good! Being flexable and able to improvise is very helpful! You have many more good things ahead of you![p]Smokey

Char-Woody

Dave, excellent job..and there isn't anything wrong with naked meat..you just proved it again. :-)
Lookin forward to your next one..
C~W[p]