Chad Bman
TVWBB All-Star
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I have a bunch of friends I met via riding motorcycles. In one of the couples, he just retired from the Metro Washington Airport Authority Police Force and she just resigned from the county PD. They bought a house in FL and havd a retirement/going away party Sat evening. I was asked if I'd make some BBQ for the party of 75ish guests. My first "catering gig" so yeah, why not. Otherwise they were going to order from Red, Hot, & Blue - which is their favorite BBQ place.
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Grocery store had bone-in pork butt for $.99lb again, so I loaded up. Bought 11 of em, but only 8 hit the smoker. Average weight was 7.5 - 9 pounds. I ended up with 65.02 pounds before trimming. I removed the fat cap and gave them a rub of yella mustard & Bad Byron's Butt Rub which was cut 50/50 with turbinado sugar.
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Full bag of Stubbs with cherry & hickory chunks for smoke
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Game time. Fired up 25ish briquets around 9pm on the gasser.
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About 10pm, loaded both racks for the all night party.
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This BBQ'ing stuff is hard work...
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6:00 the following morning....
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Early afternoon when the maverick hit 190 on the probed butt, it was time for the proke/temp test on the others.
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4 of the 8 were done, so they got wrapped in foil & beach towels and held in the cooler. Then the beans went on.
Sweet on the left (sweet bbq sauce & honey) and tangy on the right (onion, 3 different peppers, molasses, bourbon, buncha spices)
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Only both pans wouldn't fit on the lower rack of the WSM. Not a worry here - just fire up the kettle for indirect with cherry chunks for smoke.
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And this is where the fun stops as I didn't take any additional photos once I got to the party. Needless to say, I had a crowd with sticky fingers in the kitchen while I was pulling with my new Bear Paws. Everything was a hit! Not sure I'll ever get the chance to load it up like this again. While it was a lot of (prep) work, it sure was fun. And I had quite a few leftovers, so it'll be an easy week of cooking (reheating) all this week for dinner. lol
I have a bunch of friends I met via riding motorcycles. In one of the couples, he just retired from the Metro Washington Airport Authority Police Force and she just resigned from the county PD. They bought a house in FL and havd a retirement/going away party Sat evening. I was asked if I'd make some BBQ for the party of 75ish guests. My first "catering gig" so yeah, why not. Otherwise they were going to order from Red, Hot, & Blue - which is their favorite BBQ place.
.
Grocery store had bone-in pork butt for $.99lb again, so I loaded up. Bought 11 of em, but only 8 hit the smoker. Average weight was 7.5 - 9 pounds. I ended up with 65.02 pounds before trimming. I removed the fat cap and gave them a rub of yella mustard & Bad Byron's Butt Rub which was cut 50/50 with turbinado sugar.
.
.
Full bag of Stubbs with cherry & hickory chunks for smoke
.
.
Game time. Fired up 25ish briquets around 9pm on the gasser.
.
.
About 10pm, loaded both racks for the all night party.
.
.
This BBQ'ing stuff is hard work...
.
.
6:00 the following morning....
.
.
Early afternoon when the maverick hit 190 on the probed butt, it was time for the proke/temp test on the others.
.
.
.
4 of the 8 were done, so they got wrapped in foil & beach towels and held in the cooler. Then the beans went on.
Sweet on the left (sweet bbq sauce & honey) and tangy on the right (onion, 3 different peppers, molasses, bourbon, buncha spices)
.
.
Only both pans wouldn't fit on the lower rack of the WSM. Not a worry here - just fire up the kettle for indirect with cherry chunks for smoke.
.
.
And this is where the fun stops as I didn't take any additional photos once I got to the party. Needless to say, I had a crowd with sticky fingers in the kitchen while I was pulling with my new Bear Paws. Everything was a hit! Not sure I'll ever get the chance to load it up like this again. While it was a lot of (prep) work, it sure was fun. And I had quite a few leftovers, so it'll be an easy week of cooking (reheating) all this week for dinner. lol
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