Multiple Butts

[KAG]

I need to smoke five 6 ibs butts for saturday night.  This will be my first time smoking more than two, so my question is how much time do i need to to smoke all five?  Does the usual 1.5 to 2 hours per pound still apply?

[mikecorn.1]

I would have started already then vacuum sealed them. IMHO. Just me. That's alot of butt. ;D


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[irish_smoker]

I would have started already then vacuum sealed them. IMHO. Just me. That's alot of butt.

While I agree with mc, that doesn't do you much good at this point.  The most butts I have done in one smoking is 4 that were probbaly ranging from 6-8 lbs.  It was a few years ago, but I think it took a total of about 30 hours from beginning to the last one.  Something you could do to help the process along is put them all in the Bradley for the first 4-6 hours with smoke (rotate halfway through) and then bring 2 or 3 of them inside to a 225 oven.  Just a thought.

[sparky1]

Talk to squirtthecat. He has cooked more butts than anyone I know.  He has cooked 5 or 6 at a time.  They always come out perfect.

[KyNola]

Agree with Irish Smoker.  Get the smoke on them and move at least half of them to your house oven.  Place on a rack in roasting pans at 225.  Bradley will struggle with 30 pounds of meat. It would be a long process.

[squirtthecat]

Ditto!

I've never done more than 2 at a time in my Bradley..   I can do larger loads in my Pellet Smokers.

[KAG]

Thanks for the responses.  I just have to have them ready by 6:00 saturday night, so I just fired the Bradley up and will go ahead and put them in.  I have over 48 to be done so I have time to figure something out if I run into problems.  I will post updates.

[watchdog56]

Just remember they will stall around 165 for a couple of hours maybe more with that much meat in.

[ghost9mm]

You have your work cut for yourself and your Bradley, the most I have done is three at one time in the Bradley and If I remember right it took about 19 hours to get them to IT 195...good luck with yours...

[mhiykmeel63]

Just curious, do you increase the smoke time if you have more then one butt loaded?

[KAG]

Everything loaded and ready to go.  ;D

[mikecorn.1]

Dayum!! Lotta butt :)


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[mhiykmeel63]

whats in the pan?

[KAG]

All those butts are going to create alot of grease, so I put that pan on the bottom rack with water  to catch it all (hopefully).

[KAG]

Just hit four hours and the Bradley is finally @ 225.