First Butt....Finally

4Runner · February 2009

Thought my little 7.8# would be finished a few hours ago but 19 hours later I finally hit 200. Bone could easily pull out. I have it wrapped and in the cooler now.

Before

After 19 hours

Plateau was between 1:30am - 4:30am at about 162.

Can't wait until later today.

AL · February 2009

DONT TAKE THIS WRONG BUT YOUR BUTT SURE LOOKS GOOD TO ME AND MUST HAVE TASTED GOOD

Suwanee J · February 2009

Looks awesome...I haven't tried the BB yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

Marc from IL · February 2009

Looks good, Man I need to do a butt soon, its been a while

gdenby · February 2009

Yeah, the plateau can be a real patience tester. Is it done yet? Nope, 160. Is it done yet? Nope, 160. Is it done yet? Nope 160. Is it done yet? Well, 161. WoHoo, we're movin' now!

Grandpas Grub · February 2009

Sure looks good there 4Runner. There ought to be a lot of lip smacking going over there.

It wasn't all that hard, was it, other than the nerves.

Congratulations.

GG

usc1321 · February 2009

Well done. So you have to let us know how it taste

I bet it was good. I am looking forward to cooking one of those next weekend.

4Runner · February 2009

It wasn't hard at all and it was fabulous. Some like it plain and I tried mine with a a NC BBQ sauce called Wells Hog Heven and another try with Blues Hog's Tennessee Red. I'm a sauce guy and not everyone from SC likes mustard based.

I need some sleep though. With one exception I was checking every hour...so afraid my fire was going to die on me. One thing, I guess my air was getting some blocking as I needed to open her up a bit towards the end.

Lessons learned:

1. Need more water in my drip pan. Kind of ran out and then the drippings burned a bit.
2. Once I hit the 180's I might try upping my temp a bit. It took me 7 hours to go from 176 - 200. That seems excessive.
3. I need a shot of something before bedtime OR I need to invest in either the Stoker or DIG2 so I can get a good night's sleep. I'm too old for this.

Thanks and good cooking!

Cory430 · February 2009

1. You dont need ANY water in the drip pan, the grease'll accumulate fast enough.

2. Once i get get through the plataeu (sp) I'll bump the egg up to 300° some times just to speed things up. I can't tell a difference. Also, you can pull any where between 195°-200° the taste and texture is the same.

3. Do a couple more long cooks with the egg and the only reason that you'll want a powered system will be for those times that you are cooking more than 3 butts at a time (assuming you have a large). The egg'll hold its temp just fine for many many hours.

Cory430 · February 2009

BTW, the butts look good!

First Butt....Finally

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