2 Butt Smoke w/ Qview

[harleyguy]

This was my first Butt smoke in the new Mes. Rubbed with Jeffs rub, smoked w/ hickory.Spritzed w/ apple juice & Jim Beam mixture. Had the longest stall I've ever experienced @ near 3 hours. Started to panic, but thanks to Ronp, I got through it. First time that I used Jeffs rub, thought it was tasty.

All rubbed down, ready for fridge:


In for the long smoke:


After about 4 hours:


Around 8 hours, lookin good:


Then the loooonnnnggg stall began. Didn't get any pics after finally taken off the smoker as it was late & I was very tired.

After pulling 1 of the Butts, I took a pic of the finished product:


The meat was mighty tasty! The wifey & I enjoyed it. The wife used the foodsaver to freeze most of it. Again, many thanks to Ronp!! Thanks for looking.

 

[bbally]

Excellent work on the butts. Looks like the MES is getting broke in correctly.

 

[tjohnson]

Must be "Butt Day"!

Awesome Looking!

What temp did you stall out at?

Did it climb fast after the stall?


Todd

 

[sumosmoke]

Now you can tell your friends that your butts are delicious!!

Great pictures!

 

[violator]

I'm gonna hafta give these a try soon.
Well, here's somethin' I never figured to tell a "harleyguy" but here goes,........... "Dude, your BUTTS look GREAT!!!"
Congrats on a successful smoke.

 

[northern greenhorn]

A great lookin meal to break in the new mes

 

[wingman]

Great looking Q and way t o hang in there. Man is at the top of the food chain and shouldn't be beat by a hunk of dead hog. You beat the stubborn thing and enjoyed the BBQ.

 

[ronp]

I am glad it came out for you.

And you are welcome.

 

[mballi3011]

You too have some good looking butts. Now for a second I thought I was looking in my smoker cause I also have a couple of butts smoking as we speak.

 

[wingman]

I hope your going to give us some Qview when done... I have nothing in my smoker so Qview is all I get today.

 

[harleyguy]

I actually had 2 stalls. 1@around 158* & the other @around 184*. These were very long stalls @ around 3 hours each. With Ronp's advice I put them in foil pans w/ aujous from the drip pan & covered w/ foil. Set the MES @ 185* went to bed. When I awoke about 5 hours later, I pulled them off the smoker. They were fall apart done. The bark wasn't crispy, but they were very juicy & had very good taste.Guess I panicked on the long stalls, but I got some very good advice.

 

[roller]

They look great I am working my way up to doing one. I been kicking around on sausage. But I have a butt in the freezer.

 

[ecto1]

It seems like just yesterday the inside of my MES looked that virgin. Now it is getting a nice black seasoning after just 1 month and about six smokes.