My 3rd Smoke - 8.5 lb Pork Butt


 
R Hartzog

R Hartzog

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I started up the charcoal around 12:30 am Sunday morning. Started out as an 8.5 lb butt and ended up a pile of shredded goodness. It was my first overnight smoke and I awoke around 7:00 to a 197 degree readout on the maverick and hovering in stall at 163 degrees. I pulled off the middle ring and dome and added more charcoal. After letting it settle back in I added the top sections back on. I stirred the coals again at about the 12 hour mark after the stall had broken and we were cruising to victory.

Trimmed up the fat cap a bit before giving her a good rub down.
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Rubbed down and ready for the grill.
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On the grill we go, let the smoking begin.
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14 hours later I'm pretty proud of my first butt. The bark looks good to me.
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It came apart nice and easy.
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A huge roasting pan of goodness.
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Clean bone makes daddy proud.
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Plated and ready for consumption. I mixed up a KC BBQ sauce for the left ones and a Carolina style vinegar sauce for the right.
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Last but certainly not least, daddy cookin' makes for a happy wife.
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Thanks for looking.
 
Last but certainly not least, daddy cookin' makes for a happy wife.
Ain't it the truth.
Great smoking. Great bark on that baby too.
 
Thanks all. Jeff, I didn't sleep well for sure. I must have had the smoker a bit too far from the bedroom because the maverick lost the signal once or twice and the chirp woke me. Once I was up it was hard to doze back off, I was nervous. I finally got to sleep when I remembered I had gotten the butt on sale for .99 cents a pound so the worst I could do is ruin a a $9 piece of meat, assuming I didn't burn the house down.
 
Well done my friend. That is the first I've ever seen a black Mav. I like it. Soon, on the overnighters you'll sleep like a baby 'cause you'll trust your cooker to do it's thing when you set it up and let it go. Nice bark on that butt and extra points for making the the wife happy.
 
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