Gonna do my first pork butt this weekend
Moderator: TBBQF Deputies
- bobcat1
- Outlaw
- Posts: 1420
- Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2015 12:52 pm
- Contact:
Gonna do my first pork butt this weekend
In all my cooking I have never cooked one. It weighs 9.3 lbs and is boneless. How long should it take and what temperature would be best. What temp should I be looking for when done?
- Gigemlaw
- Pilgrim
- Posts: 47
- Joined: Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:54 pm
- Location: Spring, TX
- Contact:
Re: Gonna do my first pork butt this weekend
I always get the bone-in butts and pull them when the bone pulls free with little effort. As with most things you're gonna be better off judging by feel rather than temp. Here is a little primer from one of the best....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbzEa_juegs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbzEa_juegs
- txsmkmstr
- Bandolero
- Posts: 628
- Joined: Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:13 pm
- Location: TX
- Contact:
Re: Gonna do my first pork butt this weekend
Like many other meats.... Your temp until it probes tender. For some reason, mine are perfect at 203* nearly every time but I still probe them. I like to wrap in foil to collect the juices. De-fat them and pour over pulled/shredded meat. Good stuff - this won't be your last.
Custom LSG 24x40 - 36" Blackstone - (others - R & O FatGirl, ETSC RK-250, Tejas 1628 - all sold)
- OldUsedParts
- Deputy
- Posts: 21605
- Joined: Sun May 15, 2011 7:09 pm
- Location: Montgomery, Texas
- Contact:
Re: Gonna do my first pork butt this weekend
Good Luck with the Pork Butts, B.C. - - - I'm sure you'll be an addict like the rest of us once you do you first one.
I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country—Victory or Death. William Barret Travis - Lt. Col. comdt "The Alamo"
- TwoGuysBBQ
- Outlaw
- Posts: 1308
- Joined: Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:01 am
- Location: San Antonio, TX
- Contact:
Re: Gonna do my first pork butt this weekend
I smoke mine at 250-275 until an internal temp of 205. Only let rest for for as long as it takes me to get my claws out and a pan to shred it in.
Good Luck, I've seen you past post on cooks and I know you will have no problems.
Don't forget to post pics.
Good Luck, I've seen you past post on cooks and I know you will have no problems.
Don't forget to post pics.
- Txdragon
- Deputy
- Posts: 5036
- Joined: Mon May 14, 2012 3:13 pm
- Location: Forney, TX
- Contact:
Re: Gonna do my first pork butt this weekend
Looking forward to the results!
(Insert witty signature here)
- david brace
- Wrangler
- Posts: 79
- Joined: Wed May 09, 2018 11:25 am
- Contact:
Re: Gonna do my first pork butt this weekend
Good luck with it. My general rule-of-thumb is that it seems to take 1 to 1 1/4 hrs per pound, but I do all my butts on my bullet smoker with applewood, cherry or hickory.
I also get only the bone-in, and I've been smoking nothing but picnics for the last 3 yrs or so. Excellent results. I butcher the top skin off sometimes and give it to the neighbor lady...she dries it and makes cracklin' cornbread with it and gives me some . Prep all over with wooster and then the rub.
I smoke it to 160 internal, then give it a very light spray with liquid (recently experimented with Pepsi Wild Cherry-good results) and double wrap in HD foil and put it back on until it hits 205. Then let it repose in sweat box for at least an hour, then do the pulling. Then give it away to my 'list'.
I also get only the bone-in, and I've been smoking nothing but picnics for the last 3 yrs or so. Excellent results. I butcher the top skin off sometimes and give it to the neighbor lady...she dries it and makes cracklin' cornbread with it and gives me some . Prep all over with wooster and then the rub.
I smoke it to 160 internal, then give it a very light spray with liquid (recently experimented with Pepsi Wild Cherry-good results) and double wrap in HD foil and put it back on until it hits 205. Then let it repose in sweat box for at least an hour, then do the pulling. Then give it away to my 'list'.
- bobcat1
- Outlaw
- Posts: 1420
- Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2015 12:52 pm
- Contact:
Re: Gonna do my first pork butt this weekend
Thanks fellars. I'll give it go Saturday unless I get rained out.
- egghead
- Egg Master
- Posts: 4288
- Joined: Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:30 am
- Location: Corpus Christi
- Contact:
Re: Gonna do my first pork butt this weekend
Break leg amigo - you will do fine
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress; but I repeat myself - Mark Twain
XL, Small, and Mini BGE
XL, Small, and Mini BGE
- Slippy
- Pilgrim
- Posts: 42
- Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2019 4:54 pm
- Contact:
Re: Gonna do my first pork butt this weekend
bobcat1 wrote:In all my cooking I have never cooked one. It weighs 9.3 lbs and is boneless. How long should it take and what temperature would be best. What temp should I be looking for when done?
Did you get the boneless butt from Costco? You probably have two in the package... So that will affect cooking time. If one is 5lbs and one is 4, you are looking at about 6-7 hours cooking time (at 275-300°), shooting for that 200°-205° range. Butt's are pretty forgiving... I have bought boneless before (by accident) and ended up using butchers twine to tie it up into a nice blocky shape to resemble a bone-in...
Rockwall TX | BigHat Ranger Offset, Large Big Green Egg, Really old Weber Kettle, big pile of pecan and post oak....
- bobcat1
- Outlaw
- Posts: 1420
- Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2015 12:52 pm
- Contact:
Re: Gonna do my first pork butt this weekend
Slippy wrote:bobcat1 wrote:In all my cooking I have never cooked one. It weighs 9.3 lbs and is boneless. How long should it take and what temperature would be best. What temp should I be looking for when done?
Did you get the boneless butt from Costco? You probably have two in the package... So that will affect cooking time. If one is 5lbs and one is 4, you are looking at about 6-7 hours cooking time (at 275-300°), shooting for that 200°-205° range. Butt's are pretty forgiving... I have bought boneless before (by accident) and ended up using butchers twine to tie it up into a nice blocky shape to resemble a bone-in...
Got it at Sams. Might be 2 but looks like one. We'll see
- Rambo
- Deputy
- Posts: 8465
- Joined: Mon Apr 02, 2012 10:39 pm
- Location: Lufkin, TEXAS
- Contact:
Re: Gonna do my first pork butt this weekend
" Might be 2 but looks like one. We'll see"
I had an Ol' Girlfriend like that
I had an Ol' Girlfriend like that
- Slippy
- Pilgrim
- Posts: 42
- Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2019 4:54 pm
- Contact:
Re: Gonna do my first pork butt this weekend
Rambo wrote:" Might be 2 but looks like one. We'll see"
I had an Ol' Girlfriend like that
Yes!!!!!
Rockwall TX | BigHat Ranger Offset, Large Big Green Egg, Really old Weber Kettle, big pile of pecan and post oak....
- bobcat1
- Outlaw
- Posts: 1420
- Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2015 12:52 pm
- Contact:
Re: Gonna do my first pork butt this weekend
Slippy wrote:Rambo wrote:" Might be 2 but looks like one. We'll see"
I had an Ol' Girlfriend like that
Yes!!!!!
Upon further inspection it does have a bone in it. It is just one also. I can tell now that it is thawed
- Norway Joe
- Chuck Wagon
- Posts: 4406
- Joined: Mon Jun 04, 2018 2:04 pm
- Location: Oslo, Norway
- Contact:
Re: Gonna do my first pork butt this weekend
Lmfao.Rambo wrote:" Might be 2 but looks like one. We'll see"
I had an Ol' Girlfriend like that
Sent fra min SM-N950F via Tapatalk
Instagram: Norway_joe1
Return to “Smokehouse - BBQ Discussion”
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 47 guests