8lb Pork Butt need some help from gurus

squirtthecat · September 04, 2011, 07:23:43 AM

Quote from: bozer on September 04, 2011, 07:21:29 AM
Do you guys think I may have messed up by having it get to 200/205 internal? I hope not. I'm hoping that actually makes it better.

Naw, I go to 200°+ all the time. It will just loose a little more mass, but you won't have any huge wads of fat to pick around.

bozer · September 04, 2011, 07:25:43 AM

Good to hear. When I put the probe in, it felt like I was putting it into butter. ;D

KyNola · September 04, 2011, 07:26:25 AM

As STC said, you're in great shape. No need to fret. You're friends are going to think you're a genius.

bozer · September 04, 2011, 07:58:17 AM

Possibly the last question -

I'm pretty sure I could just eat this warm after I take it out of the cooler. But if I need to warm it up, is there a best way to do that? Also, do I need to worry about how long its FTCing? I plan on keeping it in the cooler until we are ready to eat, couple more hours.

KyNola · September 04, 2011, 08:01:19 AM

I have left butts in FTC for 6 hours and still burn my fingers when I went to pull them.

FLBentRider · September 04, 2011, 08:53:54 AM

Quote from: bozer on September 04, 2011, 07:21:29 AM
Do you guys think I may have messed up by having it get to 200/205 internal? I hope not. I'm hoping that actually makes it better.

It will be fine. Relax.

bozer · September 04, 2011, 04:51:50 PM

Well, everything came out phenomenal. When I finally took the pork out of FTC to pull, it was still very hot. It must of been about 3PM, six or seven hours later. I can't believe all this time I was worried about how hard it would be to cook this while sleeping overnight. I will start a new thread and post pics tomorrow.

Incredible how much meat we have left too. I made a bunch of containers to give to family and friends. What's the best way for them to warm this up? Is microwave out of the question? I was going to tell them to get it just warm enough to eat so it doesn't dry out.

FLBentRider · September 04, 2011, 05:01:38 PM

A crock pot is an ideal way to reheat, but i have been known to put it in a bowl with a little vaunted vinegar and nuke it.

bozer · September 05, 2011, 02:45:14 PM

Some of the pics I took didn't come out good, so I'm not going to post the journey. Here is the final product though

12 hours in the Bradley, 6 or 7 hours FTC

Thanks everyone for all your help on this forum. Up next, Brisket.

8lb Pork Butt need some help from gurus

squirtthecat