Let's Talk BBQ
Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Gas Smokers => Topic started by: muebe on February 13, 2012, 12:38:58 AM
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I had a couple of Costco Boneless Pork Shoulders. Just uner 15lbs total weight..
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I rubbed them down with some Billy Bob's Que Butt Rub & Fine Swine and Bovine Rub..
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Decided to do an overnight smoke and chose my natural gas smoker. I put them in at 9pm and figured they would be done in the afternoon the next day. I set the oven thermostat I installed in the smoker to around 210F and loaded the chip box with cherry chips...
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I woke up at 7am to this...
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The lower one's IT was at 142F! Dang just hitting the stall. I knew I was in for a long day :o
So I bumped up the smoker temp to 270F to speed things along.
The lower one was finished at 7PM at a IT of 192F and the top one did not hit 190 until 9PM...24 hours later.
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These were the most stubborn butts I have cooked to date! They came out very tasty so they were worth the wait. My gas smoker usually does not have trouble finishing butts pretty quick although I did only have it at 210F. It does adjust the flame automatically with temp changes outside due to the modulating thermostat. I know it kept good temps overnight because the Maverick never alarmed. So always give yourself plenty of time when smoking butts. I gave myself plenty and it still was not enough. It was ok though because my wife and I had some grilled Rib-Eyes instead :)
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They sure look nice and juicy. I'll bet they were tasty, too. Nice job.
Art
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That was a heck of a long cook but I bet they were worth the time.......looks great!!
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Wow that was a long cook, but it looks like they came out great! I love the color of the bark.
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Stubborn pig!
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Muebe..you do the nicest and prettiest cooks..good job.
Squirt..LOL
Pam .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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Hey looks great! But you know that was a lot of pig so smoking at that lower temp would make it go for a long time
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That was a long cook....I did about the same amount in my MES for Christmas and it was a 15 hour cook at 220.
Those look really moist and I know they were great tasting
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Man, you coulda' starved to death waitin' for those things to cook!
Hub