Matt Ellis
New member
Hey all, I'm going to be doing my first pork butt this weekend. Really excited as it'll be my first long cook. I'm not at the stage with my temp control yet where I'm willing to go overnight, so I'll be waking up early Saturday morning (3ish) to get everything fired up. My question is, should I be doing anything to the butt on Friday night? I actually won't be getting the meat until Friday after work, so at most it'll have about ~8 hours to sit before everything gets going. I'm planning on going with a mustard spread then rub on top as that worked out well for my ribs, but wasn't sure if I should be doing that the night before then letting it sit in the fridge? Or should I just prep it while the WSM is settling into its temp in the early hours?