Christmas Butts

pensrock · December 22, 2009, 06:45:53 AM

Whipping up a couple butts for Christmas.
Two 7-8 pound butts with CT applied and an 'all purpose rub' given to me as part of my Bradley Xmas gift.
Brisk 20 degrees F outside, snow blowing, great day to do some smoking. ;D
Smoker preheated to 260 F, boiling water in the bowl, Maple pucks loaded.

Butts ready to go into the smoker.

Butts just going in.

More to come.

KyNola · December 22, 2009, 06:55:42 AM

CT slathered and rubbed butts. Sounds good Pens!

KyNola

ArnieM · December 22, 2009, 07:08:44 AM

It's also in the 20's and windy here.

Looks good pens. It looks like you'll be doing a little over 3 hours of smoke. Maybe 24 hours total?

I'm doing rib roast this year. In the oven. In the house. Where it's warm. ;D

pensrock · December 22, 2009, 07:51:13 AM

Thanks Larry.
Arnie, about 3 hrs 40 minutes of smoke, using up whats left from open packs. :)
I'm thinking since they are smaller butts 7-8 lbs, I should be able to finish them in about 16 hours, give or take. ???
Come on get out in the cold and cook your food like it was intended. ;D ;D

NePaSmoKer · December 22, 2009, 07:57:34 AM

Looks good Greg

CT is good stuff. Cold here too.

nepas

classicrockgriller · December 22, 2009, 08:54:28 AM

I like "Whipping up Butts for Christmas" too!

They look great already!

bigredsmoker · December 22, 2009, 09:02:23 AM

Looks good Pens, just put in a tshirt ham for our Christmas feast. How do you keep your Bradley so clean?

pensrock · December 22, 2009, 10:58:05 AM

QuoteHow do you keep your Bradley so clean?

I think the photo is a little deceiving. The smoker in not that clean, IMHO.
I clean the racks, bowl and V tray, other than that I wipe the seal and the seal area down each time. And wipe the outside down when needed. That's about all. I actually need to open up the smoke generator, its not pushing pucks like it should, I hope its only gunk cause its got to be out of warranty. About every other one will not drop and I have to push the advance button several times to get it to push a puck. It seems like the puck pusher does not return far enough to allow the next puck to drop.

classicrockgriller · December 22, 2009, 11:05:33 AM

Probably just needs a little 'love" ie: good cleaning.

I try to do that once a month or so but I have ran 420

pucks thru my smoker in 4 months.

pensrock · December 22, 2009, 01:07:53 PM

Ok here the butts are after 3hr 40min of smoke @ 215F. They have been in for a total of 7-1/2 hrs at this point.
The IT are ~135F.

classicrockgriller · December 22, 2009, 01:12:38 PM

Nice color.

That smaller butt looks like it shrank more than the big one.

KyNola · December 22, 2009, 01:40:19 PM

Looking good Pens.

As Sir Mix-a-Lot said "I like big butts and I cannot lie". ;)

KyNola

FLBentRider · December 22, 2009, 02:32:17 PM

I though that was:

I like PORK BUTTS and I cannot lie!

Its got a flavor your can't deny

a soak in the brine, rub, smoke and some time

makes me hungry and it doesn't rhyme.

KevinG · December 22, 2009, 02:34:50 PM

Aw man, who turned on that rap music again. It'll take another day to get that out of my head. ;D

pensrock · December 22, 2009, 05:33:27 PM

You guys are all wacked. LOL I love coming here. ;D ;D

The butts are now at 185 and 190, won't be long now. I think instead of FTC I'll just put them into a warm oven to rest and cool. Then deal with them in the morning after I get the cheese/pepperoni and pistachios in the smoker. I'll take pics before pulling and post in the morning.

Christmas Butts

NePaSmoKer