A few Butts toady....

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Gary in VA

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Doing a few pork butts today to get stocked up for several upcomming catering jobs.

32 butts... 268 total lbs.... ( I think this is a record for me)

anybody up for dropping by this afternoon to help pull/chop???

This morning's sunrise...


all butts were on at 6:15 am....

 
Nice sunrise...and a great point Cappy...thats why you are the darling of the BBQ circut

Go Gary Go....Thats alot of Butts
 
the butt load is at an average of 145 right about now... I am gonna pull a Bill and foil them when they hit 165 or so just to speed them up a bit... besides, I believe it gets me a little better yield and I need all the weight I can get.... I have figured I need 154 lb of finished product... so it could be close...
 
Gary in VA said:
the butt load is at an average of 145 right about now... I am gonna pull a Bill and foil them when they hit 165 or so just to speed them up a bit... besides, I believe it gets me a little better yield and I need all the weight I can get.... I have figured I need 154 lb of finished product... so it could be close...

I have mixed emotions about foiling butts. I tend to foil when I am cooking for groups just so the meat will be soft thru and thru.

When cooking for just me.......no foil.

I may take the temps higher before foiling next time so I can attempt to identify a time to foil based on how hard the bark is at the end.

Good luck on your cook. ;)
 
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Me! :LOL: Easy money around here! Stupid public. ! :LOL:
 
ok.. here are the finished pics (sort of)

I took this one about 3/4 of the way through... like my mountain view?


sorry no pics of chopping process... i was trying to get done...

39 - 4 lb bags in the freezer for a total of 156 lbs... at $8.00 / lb that is over $1200 of Q in my freezer.... (don't come round thinkin of stealin... anyone found at my house at night will be found there in the mornin ;) )



was a tiring but beautiful day to BBQ.... :D
 
Nice work Gary, but it looks like a bag in the middle/left lost it's seal! You better fix it boy!! :LOL:
 

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