Appreciate any advice from the seasoned vets out their. This will be my first attempt at smoking this large of a piece of meat, and its for a party so pushing the timetable isn't going to be as acceptable as eating ribs at 11 PM like my first smoke (done several smokes since then).
The pork is a bone in pork shoulder butt 18.4 pounds.
The party is this upcoming Saturday at 6:30 so here is my plan.
Plan on setting the smoker up Friday as soon as I am home from work Friday and have meat hitting ~3PM @ 225. Will be fairly easy to monitor Friday night, will monitor every 3 hours overnight. Saturday AM, will likely need to pull from smoker wrap in foil and finish in oven @ 300. This hopefully will give enough time to let the shoulder rest in cooler wrapped before party.
Another option would be to borrow another smoker and divide meat and cook as too separate pieces.
Any advice or suggestions is greatly appreciated. If this only turns out half as nice as the last 8 lb boneless pork butt, it will be a hit!
Thanks
The pork is a bone in pork shoulder butt 18.4 pounds.
The party is this upcoming Saturday at 6:30 so here is my plan.
Plan on setting the smoker up Friday as soon as I am home from work Friday and have meat hitting ~3PM @ 225. Will be fairly easy to monitor Friday night, will monitor every 3 hours overnight. Saturday AM, will likely need to pull from smoker wrap in foil and finish in oven @ 300. This hopefully will give enough time to let the shoulder rest in cooler wrapped before party.
Another option would be to borrow another smoker and divide meat and cook as too separate pieces.
Any advice or suggestions is greatly appreciated. If this only turns out half as nice as the last 8 lb boneless pork butt, it will be a hit!
Thanks