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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Stick Burners => Topic started by: smokeasaurus on March 31, 2012, 11:05:45 AM

Title: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: smokeasaurus on March 31, 2012, 11:05:45 AM
Well, Squirt has some butts on his pellet pooper and Tommy has a big butt cook this weekend so I am gonna copy-cat and do a couple butts as well............on the stick burner............
Got a couple of 6 lb bone in butts.

Brined in Sweetwaters Butt Bath overnight

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Injected with 50/50 apple juice and Butt Bath

(http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc469/s1cott11/001-38.jpg)

Rubbed down with Simply Marvelous Sweet & Spicey Rub........In the fridge until 3 a.m tomorrow morning..........................

(http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc469/s1cott11/001-42.jpg)

Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: Ron D on March 31, 2012, 11:32:19 AM
You guys are making me so so hungry and I have to work closing shifts until Tuesday. But I will be off Wed and Thur....gonna be country rib and butt time if the weather will hold.
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: TentHunteR on March 31, 2012, 04:50:02 PM
Ok... I'm looking for more pics in the morning!
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: smokeasaurus on March 31, 2012, 05:32:12 PM
I have the fire-box pre-loaded with the BOTW Mesquite lump, I am going to grill in the smoking chamber this afternoon. So in the morning all I gotta do is lift out the charcoal tray and add hot water to the water pan and get the lump fired up........

(http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc469/s1cott11/001-45.jpg)
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: Old Hickory on March 31, 2012, 06:19:30 PM
Looks great so far.  I will be looking forward to the cook and finish pics.
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: teesquare on March 31, 2012, 08:19:49 PM
Smoke - what cooker is that picture of charoal??? Looks BRAND NEW....Are you holdin' out on us again??? What did you buy this time? ;D
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: smokeasaurus on April 01, 2012, 09:03:15 AM
No, it is my off-set. I always clean it out the next day and I foil line the ash pan so it stays clean. It also has a charcoal grate and pan that I put in the smoking chamber to grill on...no mess at all.......
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: smokeasaurus on April 01, 2012, 09:08:36 AM
So another weak storm front hit the valley last night and it made it cool and damp.....alarm went off at 3 a.m. and me and Sagebrush Smoochy hit the patio.

Wake-up Smooch!!

(http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc469/s1cott11/wakeupSmoochy.jpg)

The pit hit 230 degrees pretty fast with that mesquite lump,so on go the butts

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My apple and apricot splits are not here yet so had to make do with apple chunks (I warm my wood on the fire box so the wood won't smolder and burn clean) Besides that mesquite lump sure does smoke on its own...smells good though!!

(http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc469/s1cott11/warmingthewood.jpg)

Money shot in around -12- hours..................................
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: LostArrow on April 01, 2012, 10:32:36 AM
Smoke, I'm too old to get up at 3:AM to for a butt ::)
The secret to cooking butts on an offset is to cook small butts, my butcher cuts me 5 lb butt sections, will cook in daylight hours, plus I like small butts better than big butts.
If you prefer big butts, get a Vertical smoker , it'll cook all nite with big butts.
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: smokeasaurus on April 01, 2012, 10:48:03 AM
I am thinking of cooking them hotter next time. The BBQ Fools do lots of high heat smoking when they do butts and briskies with no problems. My off-set is running around 230 right now so I think I will open up the vents and crank her up a bit........
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: Pam Gould on April 01, 2012, 11:51:15 AM
What temp are you going to? I was wondering about going higher to smoke, but not sure what I should do or how far I can go with it. I'm new at smoking. I do about 200 for 10-11 hours on 2- 3lb butts with bones. I smoke overnight.  They came out perfect, I thought, and others did too. I am using a CB 30" vertical to smoke on.  Pam  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: smokeasaurus on April 01, 2012, 12:33:54 PM
I wouldn't change a thing with that electric smoker Pam. I am using my off-set so I will probably wrap the butts up in foil and finish em in the oven. Lots of folks do their butts and briskies at a temp 275-300 with great results. Might do that the next time...
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: smokeasaurus on April 01, 2012, 08:06:26 PM
Well it got real cold and windy late morning so after 7 hours in the pit, I wrapped up the butts and stuck em in the oven till done!! The mesquite lump with the apple really was nice and with the Simply Marvelous Sweet n Spicy rub these were a slam dunk!! Next week for my Easter Briskey, I am hoping my apricot splits will be in or I will use Peach with the mesquite lump....

(http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc469/s1cott11/purdy.jpg)

(http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc469/s1cott11/pulled.jpg)
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: TentHunteR on April 01, 2012, 08:22:54 PM
Oh man does that ever look good.  I can imagine how good it tasted.  Mesquite & Apple are a really good mix of woods, it's like a spicy sweet pronounced smoke.  YUM!!!
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: squirtthecat on April 01, 2012, 10:14:02 PM

Hammer time!
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: Pam Gould on April 02, 2012, 09:10:51 AM
Smoke....that looks absolutely fabulous..enjoy..I'm gonna use your mesquite and apple idea..I really like fruit woods.
Pam .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: smokeasaurus on April 02, 2012, 11:35:05 AM
I am pretty much gonna use mesquite lump for my heat and add either apple, apricot or peach for the smoke. Seems like fruit woods marry well with mesquite........
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: africanmeat on April 02, 2012, 12:41:13 PM
Love it  and it is a good idea thanks
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: TMB on April 02, 2012, 02:36:15 PM

Hammer time!
I'm with squirt, I'd nail that pulled pork.   Now is it me or did Smoochy get a new hat?
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: smokeasaurus on April 02, 2012, 08:02:04 PM
  He has had it for a little over a year now...saw it in TJ (Tijauna) and had to get it for him.
 He only wears it for long cooks in the off-set and always for briskets...

When he wears his hat he likes to be know as "Sagebrush" Smoochy!!

(http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc469/s1cott11/sagebrushsmoochy.jpg)
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: Kora Smoker on April 02, 2012, 09:04:47 PM
Seems like smoochie was still sleepy lol. The butts look great my brotha/
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: deestafford on April 02, 2012, 10:25:38 PM
Smokea,  That looks really good. I like that injector you have there.  Dee
Title: Re: Must be a Pork Butt weekend
Post by: smokeasaurus on April 03, 2012, 09:01:57 AM
Got the injector from Spitjack

http://spitjack.com/product/MAGNUM.html