What is FTC ??

[hutchinaugusta]

Really new at this but what does FTC mean, let cooked meat sit on counter? turn off heat and let sit???

[Keymaster]

wrap meat in FOIL, cover with a TOWEL, and put in COOLER. This is to finish cooking or to keep warm until dinner and to suck all its juices back up in beef. Ive FTC'd a pork butt and 4 hours later its still hot enough to burn yah.

[FLBentRider]

You can find the answers to your other questions here:

http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showthread.php?481-Bradley-Smoker-FAQ-s

[mikecorn.1]

Ditto, I like to wrap in two layers of heavy duty foil, then wrap with about three old towels that I only use for this and then stuff it in a cooler. I've had butts and ribs FTC for 5 hours and they are so hot when they come out that it will burn ya.


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[Wildcat]

Really new at this but what does FTC mean, let cooked meat sit on counter? turn off heat and let sit???

FTC has been answered. IMHO unless you want to keep a butt hot for a long period, simply cover in foil and let it rest on the counter until it cools off a bit. With a brisket the FTC seems to work wonders, but a butt does not really need FTC.

[SoCalBill]

What is the longest you have FTC?

I ask because I am doing a dinner party on the 20th and will be doing a butt and a brisket. The party is a 2PM. I just trying to think about timing of all of it.

[FLBentRider]

It depends on your cooler and how much you are putting into it.

When I put 4 butts in my cooler it is just about chock full. I have kept those four butts in "food safe" (above 140F) temps for 8 hours.

The less mass you put in the cooler, the faster it will cool down.

[FLBentRider]

For example when I have to FTC ribs (which have a much higher surface-to-mass ratio than a pork butt) I put a couple of foil-wrapped bricks in a 500F oven for about 20 minutes. Then I put a towel at the bottom of the cooler,(edit) then the bricks, then another towel, then the ribs, then more towels.

[OU812]

For example when I have to FTC ribs (which have a much higher surface-to-mass ratio than a pork butt) I put a couple of foil-wrapped bricks in a 500F oven for about 20 minutes. Then I put a towel at the bottom of the cooler, then another towel, then the ribs, then more towels.

Ya forgot to put the bricks in the cooler.  ;D

[FLBentRider]

Yup. I've got kids, you can tell where I was distracted... LOL