I need to smoke 6 pork butts (6-7 lbs. ea) for a Friday evening party (6 PM). How do I do this with my smokette and still go to work during the day? Is it feasible to smoke 2 butts at a time in my smoker: (2- tuesday night, 2- wednesday night, 2 - thursday night) ...
If I cut a 10 pound pork butt into two 5 pound pieces and smoke both of them at the same time, should I expect them to take approximately 7 1/2 hours to cook or 15? Or something between the two times? (i understand the point about cooking to temperature, not to time, just want...
When a pork butt is probe tender, it should be soft enough that a probe can slide in and out of the meat as if it was sliding into a stick of softened butter. Another trick I’ve learned over the years is to judge the doneness based on the bone. If you’re smoking a bone-in ...
Now, although a few of these cuts have the name butt associated with them, they actually do not come from the rear end of the animal. The word butt is derived from the Old English language, “butt” meaning the widest part and the shoulders of a pig are the widest. So you can rest...
7Some Quick Tips from the Pros: 8It’s a Wrap! What is the Texas Crutch, and Why Use it? Texas crutch is a simple step in the process of slow-cooking or smoking large pieces of meat like pork butt or beef brisket. During the cook, once the meat has enough time to take on a ...
Cooking a Pork Brisket on a Weber. Fingers crossed. Oak chunks for smoke. It’s been going for about 4 hours and will soon get wrapped up. Chubbs had a great video on doing a Pork Brisket. “It’s so cute”. I’m in North Carolina, so had to start with pork. Many a Butt and...