Not a fatty .. butt....

[ron50]

Not as glamorous as the fatty throwdown but I figured while all the attention was diverted to fatties I could sneak in a butt.

9 lber bone in rubbed overnight with Jeff's rub and mopped with..... nothing!

I wanted to see how leaving it alone affected the bark and the moistness.


Advantage was I didn't need to lift the top of my WSM much, only twice over the 14 hour smoke. Cooked to an internal of 200 degrees over hickory, pecan and cherry smoke. I didn't foil it either until it went into the cooler for a 2 hours rest.

After pulling and sampling I can say that the pork didn't miss the rum mop, and there was more for me :)

 

[smokin out the neighbors]

Looks great Ron. I love the crystal clear close ups. Nice camera.

 

[abelman]

Outstanding pictures there! That's pulling some serious butt

I'm kind of leaning to the no mop also as I like a firmer bark. Next time, no mop. Thx

 

[ronp]

Nice job, good smoke!!!

 

[waysideranch]

Well done, Ron. Looks great.

 

[pineywoods]

Looks great Ron and fantastic bark!!

 

[bbqgoddess]

Yummy!
If I had room I would be doing a butt...butts will be next weekend..yours is wonderful!

 

[northwet smoker]

All I can say is Yum. Great Pics too !!!!!!!!

 

[bill-n-jeanine_fl]

Man Ron, ya just made my day! Going to forego the mopping/spritzing today now, since it still appears to come out great!

I'm not sure if I'll skip the foiling or not, but still have a ways to go to worry about that one.

Bill

 

[meowey]

Nice butt! You do give me pause for thought about my proceedures.

Well done!

Take care, have fun, and do good!

Regards,

Meowey

 

[richtee]

Huh! Interesting... I wonder how the meat feels being deprived of the random snort tho? ;{) Nice job as usual, Ron!

 

[mgriess]

Ron, I agree with you. I never spritz nor do I foil and I have never had a bad butt. I like a bark that is not crisp but close to it. Seems to have morre flavor. Thanks for sharing.

 

[jaynik]

Nice pix! I never mop.

 

[sweethanky]

nice job looks good

 

[cbucher]

Good looking pork

 

[tbucher1218]

that looks great.

 

[erain]

all i can say is wow ck out thar bark. great job ron!!!!

 

[bixter1]

Did you put the butt in a foil pan or just let everything drip down?

 

[dingle]

Looks deeelish Ron!! Great looking bark