The wife and I were having a small group (about 50 people 
) over this past weekend for a little post 4th of July get together. What better way to feed the masses than pork butt??? So I grabbed 4 butts, threw them on the smoker and waited (somewhat impatiently). As it turns out, 50 people turned into 20 so everyone went home with a doggy... err piggy bag and I fed the office on Monday. No one complained though.
As far as the technical details, I used the WSM 22.5 with the blue bag of Kingsford briquettes. Two butts were done in about 12 hours and the other two took about 14.5. I used hickory for smoke with a little mesquite thrown in occasionally. Everything turned out great and I'm pretty sure everyone enjoyed it based on the second and even third helpings they were grabbing.
Here are a few photos of the action...
Lighting the coals: I use the side burner on the gasser to get the coals going. For this smoke I lit about 30 briquettes.
Here is after everything was going full steam (or smoke). Based on how much smoke is coming out I either need a gasket kit, or need to smoke more often to get the ole' girl a good grease seal!
Bark is way better than bite...
After a long, hard day of manning the smoker (ok I admit, I checked the Maverick ET-732 once every couple of hours and made to occasional damper adjustment) everyone needs a cold one to wind down. This is from one of my favorite local breweries in Afton, VA. Notice the clean bones in the background.
Money shot. This is what its all about.
) over this past weekend for a little post 4th of July get together. What better way to feed the masses than pork butt??? So I grabbed 4 butts, threw them on the smoker and waited (somewhat impatiently). As it turns out, 50 people turned into 20 so everyone went home with a doggy... err piggy bag and I fed the office on Monday. No one complained though.As far as the technical details, I used the WSM 22.5 with the blue bag of Kingsford briquettes. Two butts were done in about 12 hours and the other two took about 14.5. I used hickory for smoke with a little mesquite thrown in occasionally. Everything turned out great and I'm pretty sure everyone enjoyed it based on the second and even third helpings they were grabbing.
Here are a few photos of the action...
Lighting the coals: I use the side burner on the gasser to get the coals going. For this smoke I lit about 30 briquettes.
Here is after everything was going full steam (or smoke). Based on how much smoke is coming out I either need a gasket kit, or need to smoke more often to get the ole' girl a good grease seal
!
Bark is way better than bite...
After a long, hard day of manning the smoker (ok I admit, I checked the Maverick ET-732 once every couple of hours and made to occasional damper adjustment) everyone needs a cold one to wind down. This is from one of my favorite local breweries in Afton, VA. Notice the clean bones in the background.
Money shot. This is what its all about.
