My 1st Butt Cook (Pic Heavy)

I selected an 8.01 pound bone in boston butt. 

 

I bought my second large egg a couple of weeks ago, and I had never used it. I decided to go ahead and break it in right. 

I decided for my rub that I would used Bad Byron's Butt Rub. I also used mustard as a bonding agent. So I applied salt, pepper, rub, mustard, and then more rub. For my smoke I decided to use hickory and apple chunks. 

I put my plate setter in and then my drip pan. I did however make a rookie mistake. I forgot to put a spacer between my pan and plate setter! Oh well.

 

Next time I will use a shorter pan. Even without the spacer the pan was holding the grate up a little bit before I put the butt on. If I had remembered the spacers it would have been even taller. 

I decided for this first one to do a turbo. I didn't want to take the time it would take to do a low and slow. I cooked it at 350 for right at 5 hours. I pulled it off when it was at 203 degrees internal. 

I cooked it fat cap down because I was concerned with it sticking when I took it off. I am glad I did because I could hardly get it up. A lot of the fat cap stayed on the grid. When I was finally able to pick it up it was starting to come apart and the bone was about to fall out. I took that as a good sign. 

I FTC'd for about an hour and a half and then pulled it.

It was very good. It was tender and moist, and it had a great flavor. We made pulled pork sandwiches and applied Blues Hog sauce. My kids loved it!  

The wife and I also enjoyed it. Living in Georgia the only pulled pork any of us had ever had was the kind that we get from all of the local BBQ restaurants in the area. Of course they are pre sauced with a vinegar based sauce. 

It was a lot different than what we are used to, but it was very good. I will be trying it again. I may inject it next time. 

This was the first cook with my new Maverick, and wow what a game changer. Without it I would have been in and out checking to make sure that the temp hadn't gotten away from me. I know it would have been fine once I had it locked in, but I still would have checked. 

With the Maverick I was able to enjoy my day. My son wanted me to watch a movie with him, and I was able to do it without worry! That made the entire cook that much more enjoyable. 

I would like to thank all of you that helped me in my previous post concerning the best way to do this, but I would like to say a big Thank You to @Mickey who has been such a great friend and adviser to me here. He told me this cook would be only slightly harder than cooking hot dogs. I hate to do it, but I am going to disagree with him. I didn't have to flip the butt so I think it was easier!