my first butt

[jddhardy]

Butt is DONE!  :D ok so here is what I think about, from the bark to a little bit inwards is dry. The rest is awesome. Here is what i did: put rub on it on tuesday and wrapped it plastic wrap. Placed in frig until Friday. Pulled it out at 8am. Started DBS with hickory at that time. A hour later put the meat in and put my wireless temp in it. Set the smoker for 4 hrs and cranked temp to 280. In the pan put half hot water and half apple juice. After 4 hrs checked temp 127 IT. At that time I changed the water/juice in the pan and then put maple syrup on it via a brush. Checked/replaced water/juice in pan and brushed again. Lowered temp to 220 sometime before the 4 hrs however i did write down when. Then at 11pm checked / refilled water noticed temp gauge was broken! Had to run to walley worls to get a digital one. Not wireless but was working. Temp was 182. Closed the door and let her go. At 5am checked temp it was 185. Filled water and closed the door to let it do its thing. Wife checked it at 730am temp was at 186.3. We waited until just before 1030 and pulled it. IT was 187 but I had to go. FTC and checked it at 4pm.

Lessons learned: buy a good dual temp gauge. Quality counts! Put a splash of apple juice in the foil when doing the FTC I think it would have helped with my mositure issue. Last learn how to use photobucket with my cell phone to post pics! Jeff

[Bear1968]

Congrats on your first But!  :)