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    To Pan or Not to Pan ?

    All - I cooked the butt in a pan, and foiled it at 175. Then baked it the rest of the way. It was extremely tender and fell apart trying to take it out of the pan. The best I've made yet. Thanks again for all the advice.
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    To Pan or Not to Pan ?

    I took your advice and foiled my butts at 165 degrees. Now just finishing them off. I you dont mind another noob question: what is the best "warming" temp for pork butts? At this rate they will be fully cooked before we're ready to eat'em!
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    Noob from Grapevine, TX

    Yeah, the only time I've seen the inside of a jail was in Grapevine, for an unpaid speeding ticket. My mom had to bail me out. I was 27. Not a pleasant experience.
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    To Pan or Not to Pan ?

    I'm embarassed to admit it, but I only recently started monitoring the temp. Before that, I was a time & temp guy, which might have been part of my problem. I was smoking 10lb butts for 12 hours at 200 degrees. For Christmas Santa brought me a shiny new wireless thermometer which I've used...
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    To Pan or Not to Pan ?

    Ok, first real Forum question here folks. On some of those BBQ cooking shows I've noticed that they smoke their meat, especially pork butts, in aluminum pans the entire time. Is that something I should do too? I've made butts a few times and have never been happy with the result. They tasted...
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    Noob from Grapevine, TX

    Hello All! My name is Steve and I live in Grapevine, Texas. I've been a lurker on SMF for over a year. I bought a MES for Christmas 2008, and have been smoking every since. I've really caught the smoking bug, and have tried many of the recipes on this website. I also like to read the Forums...
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