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Low and Not so Slow (A little long)

Gandolf
Gandolf Posts: 911
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
I put a 7 1/2 pound Boston Butt on at about 7:oo last night. Nicely rubbed using Elder Ward's rub, all the usual hardware and the Egg humming along at abuot 250. First time trying my new Redi-Chek, so some additional fun to be had for this one. By midnight, the dome had sneaked up to about 277 or so. So I throttled back a little and went back to bed. At 3:00, dome was at 240, butt at 171 and just emerging from it's stall. At 6:00 this morning, dome was at 256 and butt at 202. I couldn't believe it, so put the BGE thermometer back in the dome, and sure enough, it agreed with 256. Put Thermopen in the butt, and it agreed - 202. That thing only took a little over 11 hours at all the right temps! It was a little flatter shaped than others I have done. That might have had something to do with it. It's in the cooler now and will pull at about 11:00 to take to football game party.
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  • Sundown
    Sundown Posts: 2,980
    Gandolf,[p]Had one early last year that "Turbo cooked" on me. It was a 10 pound butt and it cooked in about the same time yours did 10 or 11 hours. Into the ice chest and we enjoyed it many hours later. A lot of people won't believe it can happen. They all say the temp was too high or some sort of reasoning like that. We know it happens.
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  • bbqbeth
    bbqbeth Posts: 178
    Gandolf,
    How did the butt turn out? Inquiring minds, ya know.....
    Bet it was delish. Tell us all about it...
    I need to practice here.
    Happy Sunday eve...

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  • Gandolf
    Gandolf Posts: 911
    BBQBeth,
    It was fabulous. I left it in the cooler for about 4 hours or so, then pulled and fridged. I really think that time in the cooler might be a good thing. A little microwave time and it was very moist, tender, great smoked flavor. Beleive me, it went in a hurry at the TV game watching party! Now the Redskins, that's another story *%&$#@!
    ;-)
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