8 butts with q-view

[newbeestl]

With tips and tricks I'd gathered from here, I attempted my first big smoke this weekend for a party next weekend. It was a lot of work, but I think it's going to be worth it.

I started with 8 butts rubbed down with Jeff's rub Thursday night. Total weight was 65 lbs.


At 4:00 Saturday morning I put 6 in my new propane GOSM. The other 2 went in my MES. Sorry, somehow forgot to take pics of the MES ones. You can really see here how the top ones baste the bottom ones. I rotated the racks around to get even heat on them.


They all got wrapped in foil at 155 around 11:00. By rotating them around, I managed to finish them all to 200 at about the same time. They all went into a cooler at 3:00. Here is a pic right before pulling.


Here they are again about 45 minutes later.


I then put it all in the fridge to cool down. Then Sunday I vacuumed sealed it and froze it since the party isn't until next Saturday. My plan is to heat these bags up in a turkey fryer with hot water. Maybe get it close to boiling but not boil it. Then it will go into a roaster with some of the juices I saved. Here it is vacuumed sealed. 42 lbs of finished product.


I'll post up next Monday with a report on how it went. Wish me luck!

 

[cajunsmoke13]

Dang, nice job. What a feast. Points for you in this one...

 

[the dude abides]

That's a lot of pork. It all looks great. POINTS! for pulling off a nice large smoke.

 

[irishteabear]

Nice job!

Looks like it turned out great.

for your first big smoke.

 

[littlechief]

Very impressive, nice job.

 

[ronp]

Quite an accomplishment.

 

[cowgirl]

Great job! The PP looks perfect!

 

[jdt]

nice pile of pp there

 

[9manfan]

Thats a nice pile of PP,,, looks very good,, You had two of the butts in the MES,, how many butts do you think you could smoke in the MES, I've got a party coming up in August and wondering how many butts a person could smoke at once in a MES

 

[newbeestl]

Thanks for all the props!

I might try 3 smaller ones or 2 big ones. I could tell my MES was struggling to hold 240 when the meat was soaking up the heat. I have a feeling the connectors in mine are failing though so you might have better results with yours. I'm going to pull the back and take a look at my connectors before I try to use it again.

 

[oneshot]

Great lookin pork!!!!!!

What was the address of the party?

 

[rivet]

OUTSTANDING smoke there, you did a fine job! I'm sure it's gonna taste as good as it looks, since those butts were magazine-perfect. Congratulations.

 

[forluvofsmoke]

Definately a winner! You'll have no problems with the plan for reheating and adding the stock back to the PP. You're on the right track there.

Nice work, all the way through!

Eric

 

[scpatterson]

I freeze mine as well and reheat in hot water. I make up smaller bags so I can have BBQ in the middle of the night if I want. Looks good, and I like the basting part and the picture really shows it....

 

[newbeestl]

Just wanted to post an update after the party. Everything worked great and the pork was awesome! I heated the bags up in hot water in a big turkey fryer pot outside. I didn't boil the water but I got it about 200 degrees. The meat was in the water for about 45 minutes and it heated up good. Then I put the bags in a cooler and brought them to the party. I then put them in a pre-heated roaster at the party. I thought the meat tasted every bit as good as it did the day I made it. I won't hesitate to vacuum seal and reheat pulled pork again.

 

[bbrock]

Congrads!! Looks really good I bet it tasted as good as it looks..