BBQ boston Butt

[John McLaughlin]

Made a Boston Butt on the 2 Star. It went on at midnight last night and came off at 1PM today, it rested for four hours wrapped in foil until dinner. A homemade lime cheesecake was dessert.

 

[Dixemon]

Looking good, it's finally getting cooler here in GA, gonna have to fire up the Lang here soon!

 

[Seadeals]

Looks amazing! I have done three of them on my plain jane Weber and loved it every time. I have been on more of a 5:00am to 5:00pm schedule since it takes a bit of coal tending. That pie looks like a perfect pairing.

 

[John McLaughlin]

I have done three of them on my plain jane Weber and loved it every time. I have been on more of a 5:00am to 5:00pm schedule since it takes a bit of coal tending.

First your cook looks delicious. I noticed you make yours with the bone in. I use to however for the last few year I have had my butcher remove the bone. Quite honestly have not notice a difference, Fortunately my pellet grill wholes a significant amount of pellets so I do not need to attend once I put it on however I always make sure the pellet bin is full.

 

[grywlfbg]

I have switched from boneless to bone-in. The boneless ones I have had are almost in pieces. I have to use butcher's twine to tie it back into a ball. It works fine and tastes great, but tying it up takes way longer than removing the bone.

I use a Hasty Bake (Local Tulsa company) and I need to tend to the airflow over time. Though a friend was telling me about the temp-controlled electric fans that would probably make it hands free. All I am doing during the day is adjusting airflow if it get's too warm or too cool.

I run it a little hot (275F) and a 5.5lb is ready in 9 hours (203F internal target temp). Let it rest for 30 minutes and pull it apart.

 

[jdkaeser]

Looks amazing! I have done three of them on my plain jane Weber and loved it every time. I have been on more of a 5:00am to 5:00pm schedule since it takes a bit of coal tending. That pie looks like a perfect pairing.
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have you tried the snake method? Less tending too!

 

[Seadeals]

have you tried the snake method? Less tending too!

No, but I love it!

 

[CigarJeff68]

have you tried the snake method? Less tending too!
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That is a BRILLIANT method! I will be trying this the next time out on the Weber.

 

[grywlfbg]

I do a variation where I put bricks in the middle on the firebox so the charcoal burns in a U shape. I still find that I need to adjust airflow every 30 minutes or so.