So I'm on my way home last night and a friend of mines wife calls me and asks if I would smoke up some pork butt for her son inlaws birthday.
I says Sure whens the party? She says next week end. Not a problem I'll start next Fri.
Then I ask How many people you feeding? She says 80 or so.
Crap, that aint goin to be a Fri night cook.
So I turn around and go to Sams to pick up some butts and figure I'll let them go all day today and into the night maybe even into Sun afternoon.
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78.9 lb of pork butt
Then made up some butt rub, about 6 cups.
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One down 7 more to go.
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Half way there.
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The other half.
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Some trimmings for my next batch of sausage.
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They went in the fridge overnight and this morn I unwrapped and allowed to come to room temp.
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Fired up the Bradley and slipped them in.
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Rolling 4 hr Hickory, after the smoke I'm gonna dump and refill the water pan, rotate the butts top to bottom and front to back and roll another 4 hr Hickory.
Be back in a few................ Hours. ;D
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Quote from: OU812 on October 29, 2011, 01:05:21 PM
Be back in a few................ Hours. DAYS ;D
Fixed that for you!
I have never!
I'll I can say is WOW, you have your work cut out for you. Very nice of you to do that for your friends :)
Looks great - your friends are lucky
Did the rotate thing and started the smoke again.
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Allready starting to take on some nice color.
What a sight. Really nice.
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Whoa! That is an awesome amount of meat at once! You're a good man to help a friend out!
that is a butt load of butts
Good golly!
ahhhh! WOW!
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Amazing I didnt think it was possible to that many at once in the smoker. Wow That much bulk is going to take a long time to come up to temp. impressive
Got tied up lastnight,,,,,,,,workin on daughter in laws jeep,,,,,,,,,,,again.
But did get a couple more shots.
This was the 8:00 PM dump N refill the water pan and rotate.
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Did the rotate thing again at midnight then at 4:00 AM
This is what they looked like at 8:00 AM
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The IT ranges from 150 F to 175 F
Were on the home stretch now. ;D
Likin' the color and lickin' my chops!!
You did spend a lot of time hanging out with Sonny at the MWSO didn't you!! Seems like some of that how full can I get the smoker stuff of Sonny's rubbed off on you.
Now that is just freakin awesome, you are gonna have a whole bunch of pullin to do...lol..
you can send one to me and I will pull it for you ;D ;D ;D (may have to do some quality control tests before I return it.
Now that's a wonderful sight!!!
Two are done. ;D
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Wrapped in plastic.
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Towel and dropped in the cooler waiting for the others.
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Two others are at 175 & 176,,,,,,,,,,wont be long on them.
The other 4 are hanging around at 165 to 170.
Looks so good...time for a butt for me!
awesome looking butts
These 2 were done a little before 5:00 PM
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These 2 around 6:30ish.
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The last 2 are reeeeeeeeeeeal close. ;D
So how long did these take?
Holy SMOKES!!!
Dat's a bunch-o-butt!!!
About 1/2 lb per person? Ohhh yeahhh..
The last ones were done just before 7:30 PM
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Total time was just under 32 hr,,,,not bad considering I rotated every 4 hr and started off with over 78 lb
I've had 20 lb take over 20 hr at times.
Plus I've got over 12 cups of smoked pork stock to work with. ;D
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Its in the fridge to allow the fat to get solid,,,,,toss the fat and ya got some gooood stock.
Time to start pullin. :o
Curt You rock thats alot of Pork
seemore
Done!
The IT was still good. ;D
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Pullin.
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Pulled.
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And done.
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The dogs are gonna loooooove them there bones.
All thats left ta do is take the garbage out,,,,,,,,,,,,,the doge are just waiting for me to turn my back.
JD hasnt left my side sense I started pulling,,,,,,,,,,,,just a sittin there,,,,,,,,,,,good girl. ;D
Awesome looking butts!
Niiice job Curt!!
Dayum, what a load!
lots of of pulled and love there
Dang man, thats awesome! Bradley should steal some of your loaded up smoker pics and use them for marketing! So how did you pull it all? Is that a smoke ring I see? There must have been a lot of self basting going on in there, that bark had to be killer! Great job bub! Now that beats a McRib any day!lol ;D
I had them pulled in less than 30 min.
Used my elbow long PVC gloves and went to town, almost broke a sweat doin it. ;D
The bark was awesome!
And yes there was lots of self basting, had to change my foil steamer pan twice.
Thats were all that great stock came from. ;D
Well if anyone deserves a bundle of atta boys, partner you deserve a bunch, well done my friend...
Those turned out great. Lots of work, lots of love.
Very impressive. I had no idea you could load the Bradley that full. Thanks for sharing the progress.
Quote from: bears fan on October 31, 2011, 08:14:01 PM
Very impressive. I had no idea you could load the Bradley that full. Thanks for sharing the progress.
When loading that full you have to rotate the racks so every thing cooks evenly and I cook with a foil steamer pan with water in it on the bottom rack to catch all the juices.
Oh Ya I also have the duel element and duel fans in there and running on a PID. ;D
Quote from: OU812 on October 31, 2011, 10:08:12 AM
I had them pulled in less than 30 min.
Used my elbow long PVC gloves and went to town, almost broke a sweat doin it. ;D
The bark was awesome!
And yes there was lots of self basting, had to change my foil steamer pan twice.
Thats were all that great stock came from. ;D
That was impressive. Any chance you could explain a little more on how you got the stock?
I am imagining you set the butts in something that allowed the stock to drip into something ?
Thanks!
Clark; I set a foil steamer pan half full of water on the lowest shelf that collected the drippings.
Just make sure the pan dont go dry.
After the cook pour the drippings in a glass bowl and place in the fridge wile your doin the FTC.
When the fat becomes solid discard the fat and you have some killer stock.
That sounds easy enough. Thanks!
OU812,
Man, what a wonderful job. Can I convince to emigrate to Brisbane, Australia. There is a nice place for sale very close to me.
I learned a heap.
Thanks,
Regards,
Jan.
Brisbane.