Last minute pork butts

Kevinish

Moderator
I had an interesting Thursday night. My wife is the maid of honor in a friends wedding on Friday and I got a call Thursday night that their lunch caterer fell through, so I came to the rescue. I ran to costco and picked up 4 pork butts and a bunch of Hawaiian rolls.

I made an injection with a can of peach nectar I had, along with sugar, salt and some other goodies. I also used this opportunity to use up a bunch of rubs I had that were getting low. I mixed them all up in a bowl.

I started cooking at about midnight, I set me maverick probe to alarm me if the drum dropped below 200 or went above 350. I also set the alarm to wake me up when the pork hit 170 so I could foil it. That happened around 4:30, so I dragged my butt out of bed and foiled the pork and put in a a little Tennessee red sauce for foil love. They finished around 8 or 9 oclock. Then I coolered them until lunch time. Sorry, I didn't get a final pulled shot.

It was a huge hit and some people said it was better than the catered dinner that night!

By the way, I called a bbq joint to get a quote on pulled pork for 70 people and they wanted $350, so I saved $300 right there. Drums already paid for itself!

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cragcrawler

New member
That's awesome! Was there any differences in times, temps, or amount of charcoal used for four butts instead of one?


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Kevinish

Moderator
Not really, They cooked in about 8 hours, which is fairly normal. Temps stayed between 225 and 275 from what I could tell while I was awake. When I was done, I had about 1/5 of a basket of charcoal left.
 

Kevinish

Moderator
Auxren

They pulled super easy. I bring them up to about 202 deg, then put them in a cooler for hours. They're so tender you just look at them and they pull apart. I like to keep mine pretty chunky, so it only takes about 30 seconds to pull each one. You should definitely try it.
 
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