Porkbutt cooking

[tekn50]

I trimmed, rubbed and tied it up last night.  Now it is hanging out in the barrel with 2 chucks of Hickory, and the wait begins.   

[smokeasaurus]

We are waiting with you 

[pmillen]

I'm really interested in your results.  Are you monitoring the PBC temperatures?  If so, what's it running at?

[tekn50]

I am sitting around 250 today.   I had to move it to the grate because the hooks were pulling out.  I will wrap it when I get home.  Yup I set it up and leave it all alone.   That's one of the great things about it

[tekn50]

Wrapping it at about 160 degrees.  The barrel cooled down a little, down to 230 and coals are getting a little low.  Normally at this stage, its still strong around 260.  Every fire and piece of meat is different though.  Here is the before pic and a progress shot.

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[africanmeat]

looks good .

[pmillen]

It looks as though it's coming along nicely.

Did you take a bite?   

[tekn50]

It finished at 3 at and I pulled it apart at  4.  Total cook time was 7.5 hrs, then a 1 hr rest.  We had an hour of hard rain, and the barrel didn't miss a beat.  The thing just kept on chugging along.  It pulled great, I added a little more rub while pulling.  It came out good, a bit on the soft side of things though.  All in all, I am pleased with it and so was the wife and kid.  Have enough to bring to a family get together to tomorrow, and even froze a pound.  Thanks for watching

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[drholly]

Looks and sounds delicious!

[cgseymour]

Pork butt looks great.

How big was it when you started?

Nice job