john pen
Master Chef
Well, Im sure this subject has been pretty beat up everywhere, but in doing a search here, it would appear there's still room for more..so here go's...
I picked up two 7 lb butts yestarday at Sams for the superbowl and wanted to get some input on cooking them...Im planning about two hours per pound and am going to ATTEMPT to keep the temp between 220 and 250. Gonna pull em at 195 wrap 'em and put 'em in the warmer for 1 to two hours. Heres my questions...
Does anyone see any harm in sort of halfing / butterflying the butts for less cooking time (its in the high 20's here and my smoker sucks) and more bark ?
Do you guys "spritz" when you do your butts ? Ive done the apple juice in the sprayer thing, but I also realize Im adding time to my cook every time I lift the lid. My Brinkman has a water tray which I use..I also thought about throwing a few halfed apples into the water tray for flavor
I've never rubbed aside from s/p and have been happy with that, but due to the fact that Ive got lots of time for prep (almost a week) and no life I was thinking of constructing a rub. I see a lot of you guys using purchased rubs, but I'm into trying to construct my own. I was going to look at a bunch of rub recipe's and pick and choose from each...any thoughts or ideas for me ?
I picked up two 7 lb butts yestarday at Sams for the superbowl and wanted to get some input on cooking them...Im planning about two hours per pound and am going to ATTEMPT to keep the temp between 220 and 250. Gonna pull em at 195 wrap 'em and put 'em in the warmer for 1 to two hours. Heres my questions...
Does anyone see any harm in sort of halfing / butterflying the butts for less cooking time (its in the high 20's here and my smoker sucks) and more bark ?
Do you guys "spritz" when you do your butts ? Ive done the apple juice in the sprayer thing, but I also realize Im adding time to my cook every time I lift the lid. My Brinkman has a water tray which I use..I also thought about throwing a few halfed apples into the water tray for flavor
I've never rubbed aside from s/p and have been happy with that, but due to the fact that Ive got lots of time for prep (almost a week) and no life I was thinking of constructing a rub. I see a lot of you guys using purchased rubs, but I'm into trying to construct my own. I was going to look at a bunch of rub recipe's and pick and choose from each...any thoughts or ideas for me ?