I am having a few people over to the lake tomorrow & am planning to serve some smoked pork for dinner. I was planning on a combo of baby backs & pork butt. I realize choosing one would be easier but, oh well, I enjoy a challenge & would like to give it a try for possible future endeavors. So I have a questions regarding the logistics for smoking 2-3 racks of baby backs & a small pork butt on a single 18.5" WSM.
What would be the best way to tackle this?
1. Put the butt & ribs on the smoker together, take this ribs off after 3-4 hours, wrap them in foil, place them in a cooler, & then sauce & warm them up on the smoker once the pork is ready to pull. This seems like the easiest option but my preference to serve ribs shortly after coming off the smoker instead of warming them up.
2. Let the butt sit on the smoker for 3, 4, 5 hours before putting the baby backs on. I'd obviously need to add more smoke wood once the ribs went on with this approach. Would I need to worry about over smoking the butt by adding more wood? Should I 'protect' the butt from the additional smoke in some foil?
3. Just separate the smokes. Do the pork early & let it sit in foil resting in a cooler while I smoke the ribs? This makes for a long day but may yield the best results.
Each seems to have its pros & cons, & wonder which others have tried with successful results.
Thanks.
What would be the best way to tackle this?
1. Put the butt & ribs on the smoker together, take this ribs off after 3-4 hours, wrap them in foil, place them in a cooler, & then sauce & warm them up on the smoker once the pork is ready to pull. This seems like the easiest option but my preference to serve ribs shortly after coming off the smoker instead of warming them up.
2. Let the butt sit on the smoker for 3, 4, 5 hours before putting the baby backs on. I'd obviously need to add more smoke wood once the ribs went on with this approach. Would I need to worry about over smoking the butt by adding more wood? Should I 'protect' the butt from the additional smoke in some foil?
3. Just separate the smokes. Do the pork early & let it sit in foil resting in a cooler while I smoke the ribs? This makes for a long day but may yield the best results.
Each seems to have its pros & cons, & wonder which others have tried with successful results.
Thanks.