Tried an overnight for my third smoke with my 18" WSM last night. Temps stabilized quickly at 240* with a foiled pan and ceramic disk but it didn't last. Three hours in temps started dropping on me so I gently stirred the coals and opened up the vents a bit and the temp came back to 240*. I went to bed around 2:00am and woke up at 3:30 to find it at 270*. I stayed up the rest of the night and kept it in the 240* - 250* range.
I followed the recipe for the mustard slathered pork butts. Previously I have used a water pan and pulled the butts at 165*. The recipe called for 190* so I let them (3 of them) go to 190*. One of them pulled apart a bit when I was getting it off of the smoker and it appears it is dried out pretty badly.
Is there anything I can do to save it? I don't really want to dump a bunch of BBQ sauce all over it as I was planning on giving one of the butts to a friend as a gift. I'm afraid I just wasted $40 worth of pork and am going to have to start all over.
I followed the recipe for the mustard slathered pork butts. Previously I have used a water pan and pulled the butts at 165*. The recipe called for 190* so I let them (3 of them) go to 190*. One of them pulled apart a bit when I was getting it off of the smoker and it appears it is dried out pretty badly.
Is there anything I can do to save it? I don't really want to dump a bunch of BBQ sauce all over it as I was planning on giving one of the butts to a friend as a gift. I'm afraid I just wasted $40 worth of pork and am going to have to start all over.