Friday's Butt and Beyond

hapster · March 2014

Came home tonight after a long week and a stop at the liquor store...

Had a pork butt sitting in my fridge for just such an occasion. Dinner may or may not be leftover London Broil, or bourbon...

Anyway, simply just to fire up the egg tonight, I'm going old school on an almost 9# pork butt. Seasoned with just sea salt, pepper, and garlic salt. Going with several chunks of oak for smoke. Egg is stabilized at 250 dome, no maverick tonight just gonna let her run till she's done. Cleaned out the ash with the ash tool, and loaded it up with Rockwood.

My deck smells awesome and I'm sure the neighbors hate me a little. How much would they hate me if they knew that this cook was simply for future meals LOL

Pics to follow...

Hope everyone has a great Friday night and weekend! No clue what else I may do this weekend on the egg...

hapster · March 2014

Here are the update pics...

Sipping on some Woodford Double Oak...

pretzelb · March 2014

I'm still learning but your combo of rub and wood chunks for the pork shoulder is something I wouldn't have considered. Sounds interesting. I've got oak going right now for my 2nd brisket with some homebrew smoked pale ale to pass the time.

hapster · March 2014

pretzelb said:
I'm still learning but your combo of rub and wood chunks for the pork shoulder is something I wouldn't have considered. Sounds interesting. I've got oak going right now for my 2nd brisket with some homebrew smoked pale ale to pass the time.

LOL... I like the way the oak smells... Figured if it was okay for brisket, it should be good enough for butt.

jls9595 · March 2014

Double Oaked, best stuff I've tried so far. Enjoy.

hapster · March 2014

jls9595 said:
Double Oaked, best stuff I've tried so far. Enjoy.

As far as bourbon goes I'd say you're right, except I had some Pappy 23 a few weeks ago LOL too dream

hapster · March 2014

And lest you guys think the wife doesn't get involved...

hapster · March 2014

Here's what I meant to post...

pretzelb · March 2014

I'm just a simple beer guy but I didn't know Jager needed a spiced version. Too much for me.

hapster · March 2014

pretzelb said:
I'm just a simple beer guy but I didn't know Jager needed a spiced version. Too much for me.

Outta the freezer as a shot; way better than the regular Jäger

hapster · March 2014

Smoke #2... And my wife just ordered cheesesteaks from Sams... I love that girl! Sam's makes the best cheesesteaks around short of going into Philly. And what's better? They're only about 300' feet from my front door!

Chris_Wang · March 2014

Great start to the weekend!

jls9595 · March 2014

hapster said:

Double Oaked, best stuff I've tried so far. Enjoy.
As far as bourbon goes I'd say you're right, except I had some Pappy 23 a few weeks ago LOL too dream

yeah, to dream...some day maybe

hapster · March 2014

Here is an update pic... The cheesesteaks were just what the doc( well not any real doc) ordered.

hapster · March 2014

5AM... Update.

Up because my allergies are acting up and my nose is running like a faucet, not because I meant to check on the egg. Figured while I was up... I walked out to find my egg happily sitting at 250 just like I left it hours ago

No maverick...

Every time I'm tempted to drop the $$$ for a controller of some type, I do a cook like this and realize that I probably really don't need one.

SmokinOutBack · March 2014

I'm with you on the controller. Never found a good enough reason to buy one.

jhl192 · March 2014

You da man!

hapster · March 2014

And a fine good morning to everyone here...

Like butter, covered in a foil pan and now off to the Wegmans and shady maple to see what I can get up too.

DMW · March 2014

Looking good. FYI, Shady Maple has really nice Jalapenos for $0.99/lb.

Tjcoley · March 2014

Lookin good Hap. I'm with you as well for going old school, no controller. It's what the Egg does best.

johnmitchell · March 2014

@ hapster. I always look forward to your posts and pics, you certainly look like you enjoy the fine things in life. Thanks for the inspiration

^:)^

SteveWPBFL · March 2014

Like sitting around the fire with George Pierot and talking safari with a Scotch and cigar.

tulocay · March 2014

Looks good as always Hap. Do you always shoot for 208 ish? Or did it just feel done?

SkinnyV · March 2014

Yep just posted in mountaindewbass thread about controllers. I've been successful without it but the only thing intriguing is the gadget aspect, that I like.

hapster · March 2014

Thanks guys

Just cooked it till it felt done. That was the first time I had opened the egg since last night and I just popped the thermapen in to get a feel, felt like butter

Picked up some veggies, a few pizza crusts, cheeses, and sauces to make pizzas later most likely, going to use the pulled pork for that...

Also picked up 2lbs of baby octopus that I am going to cook & char grill for one of the pizzas

Tomorrow I have 3 flanken cut beef short ribs that I want to try...

Beautiful weather that I intend to spend as much time out in as possible, unfortunately my partner in crime is down with a stomach bug & fever, thing she picked it up from Elise earlier this week. Just hoping I don't get it

hapster · March 2014

johnmitchell said:

@ hapster. I always look forward to your posts and pics, you certainly look like you enjoy the fine things in life. Thanks for the inspiration
^:)^

I appreciate that... I don't know about "the fine things"; but I try to make the most of what I have

Eggcelsior · March 2014

hapster said:
Thanks guys

Just cooked it till it felt done. That was the first time I had opened the egg since last night and I just popped the thermapen in to get a feel, felt like butter

Picked up some veggies, a few pizza crusts, cheeses, and sauces to make pizzas later most likely, going to use the pulled pork for that...

Also picked up 2lbs of baby octopus that I am going to cook & char grill for one of the pizzas

Tomorrow I have 3 flanken cut beef short ribs that I want to try...

Beautiful weather that I intend to spend as much time out in as possible, unfortunately my partner in crime is down with a stomach bug & fever, thing she picked it up from Elise earlier this week. Just hoping I don't get it

You will. Sorry buddy. It's been going around for weeks. If swapped spit in the 2-3 days prior to SWMBO getting it, the virus is on board and ready to roll unless you have antibodies. It was a blast 3 weeks ago for my family. Quite literally.

hapster · March 2014

Christ I hope not... I better start the alcohol IV now to get ahead of it and try to proactively fight it off...

hapster · March 2014

Lots of lump leftover from the cook last night using Rockwood.

Pulled the butt and used some Devils Spit from Famous Dave along with some Dijon mustard. This will be used later for pizza...

Time to fire up a stick, pour one, and enjoy the sunshine and some spring training baseball

AlbertaEgger · March 2014

everything looks great on here hap, enjoy the day.

hapster · March 2014

AlbertaEgger said:
everything looks great on here hap, enjoy the day.

Thanks! Listening to the Phillies game and burning a nice stick. Sipping on a Sailor Jerry and ginger ale.

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