Boston Butt - Need Advice

[nodak]

I buy mine deboned for $1.49 regularly in ND

"If you're not living on the edge, You're taking up way too much room, so get the he-- out of my way."

[JJC]

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<br />I am a new bee and just followed nxsbills instructions,  I did two butts with the bones in  (17.5lb).  I followed instructions to a tee and the two butts took 23 hrs.  It made for an impressive first major smoke.  An electronic therm. made all the difference,  I used recipes from the book Smoke and Spice for Mr. Brown and made coleslaw and 3 sauces.  The key is getting to 187 degrees and ftc.  The wait is worth it[:D]
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Welcome to the Forum, Mike!  Glad your first smoke was a success!

John
Newton MA

[JJC]

Around Boston, a butt goes for 1.79 or so, but it's easy to find them on sale for 1.29.  Only once have I seen one for .99!

John
Newton MA

[liquid25]

This ended up taking 18 hours and 5 FTC. 190 IT. I applied 4 hours smoke - next time I'll try 5. I used a pork rub from a local place that makes pulled pork. I applied it 24 hours before smoke. The flavor was lacking. Next time I will do more research in this area, maybe I'll try mustard.

IT was 150 after 5 hours FTC, which I thought was interesting.

Next time I'll skip the bacon on the top rack also. I think this threw the flavor off for me.

Thanks for everyone's advice.

[JJC]

I also use 5 hr on a BB--one of the few exceptions to the 4hr rule for me . . .

John
Newton MA