Pork Butt Help

ChuckyGee

I would like some help on cooking a Boston Butt with a cripy bark on the outside and moist on the inside. Need help with size of Butt, cooking temp. and how long to cook.

Bacchus

Purchase a Boston Butt(or 2)7-9lbs, cover in rub(containing sugar), cook indirect on BGE at 250deg dome. The cook duration varies, but expect 12-15 hours. Cook to internal temp of 195-200deg.

Wise One

Do you want to slice, chunk, pull or chop this butt?

If for slicing, stop when you get an internal temp of about 185. If for chunking, you can go as high as 195 but you can go as low as 185 as well. If for pulling, let it go to a minimum of 195 and no more than 205. It's not as important as to what your final temp is as it is how long you were able to keep it in the 160-170 zone. If you're going to chop it, it really doesn't matter what temp. I prefer around 185 but even if it reaches 205, you can chop and mix in a bit of sauce and all is good.

Follow Bacchus' directions about preparation. I personally don't like that much sugar in my rub but it will produce a pretty stiff bark.

Grandpas Grub

 
Welcome to the forum.

There are a lot of different ways to cook a butt many will come out cooking great. The Egg is a great help in keeping the meat moist.

I do cook inidrect and for pulled pork I cook at 250° dome for sliced I will go about 350° dome.

Sliced I cook the meat to 145° - 150°. I have found for slided pork cooking much higher will tend to dry the meat out unless you go all the way to pulled pork.

Pulled pork I cook until tender, usually 195° - 200° both inserting a probe (or fork) and pulling the probe (or fork out).

Here is a great read about Butts & Shoulder cuts of pork. The information provided by Thirdeye and his discussion of PORK - Pork Shoulder (butt & picnic)

Here is another link that should be very useful to you. FAQ, Tips and Useful Information

Enjoy and have fun cooking your Butt. If you get worried jump on the forum and ask for help. Take some pictures and share your cook with us.

GG