pulled pork for 40 - what have i gotten myself in to? *UPDATE: Butts are DONE


 
first update:

So the butts are ON! The biggest is 5.3lbs, the smallest is 4.6. The 4 biggest ones are on the top grate, the smaller 4 are on the bottom grate.

I installed the bbq guru DX when i got home. It took 5 minutes (drilled the hole for it last night). I didn't really think it through... and i put the guru's pit probe on the bottom grate. I put my et-732 on the top.

After 35 minute, the top grate is at 230, bottom at 175. I hope they balance out. I'd hate to see the bottom grate come up to 225 and have the top grate sitting at 300. I wish it was easier to switch them around, but that's just too much meat to move. I probably should NOT have put the clay saucer in the water pan (no water)

I was planning on making my shiner bock (beer) bbq sauce tonight, but i only have 3 bottles in the fridge and at this point i'd rather drink them.

For fuel i'm using one whole bag of stubbs.
for smokewood, one fist sized hunk, and one small chunk of hickory. two fist sized hunks of apple, and a small chunk of cherry.
 
its now 7:43am.
the heaviest butt i had is done.
the rest however, are not.

i assume it's because the heaviest butt was actually a little flatter than all the rest.

the other butts are at about 185 right now.

I hope they come up to temp and soften up in the next hour - because i gotta get to work.
If they don't, i'm afraid i'm going to have to pull them anyway and just chop them and add sauce to make up for them not being tender.

the bbq guru is amazing. i don't know how i lived without it. I got 6 hours of sleep, could have easily gotten 10.
 
All done. Everything went well.
I've learned a few things also.

Everyone loved the pork. There's 3 or 4 pounds of leftover, and I'm pretty sure it's already spoken for.
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