a little of this is on the catering site, but I got roped into doing pulled pork for a football team (college players and staff)
My friend and I both have Traegers, he a 70 me a 75. we started with 14 butts (2 to a package, 7 packs total) which was around 130#. give or take. rubbed them down with some Willingham's (that's what I had, and my wife does not like too well, so we got rid of it)
they were on the Traeger for about 13 hrs at 225 , this is about 12 hrs in, on mine with 8 butts
they were between 185 and 200 so I pulled them all and foiled and into the cooler for about 2 hrs (if I had more time, I would have left them on the cooker longer, and rested them longer)
we pulled all 14 butts, it took aroung 1 1/2 hrs to pull. More then filled 5 10# catering pans, chilled over night, and reheated in the overn at 200 for about 3 hrs which seemed about right ( I did kick to 350 for around 1/2 hr)
we served the team at the stadium, best pic I had of the meat (not great pic sorry the kids wanted the food, and I got bumped)
anyway, long and short we fed 125
we had 200 ears of corn on the cobb (a little too much)
25# of mac and cheese (not nearly enough, the players love this stuff)
400 cookies
200 waters
20 gallon of Gator aid (some left over)
I used Sweet baby ray's sauce, Cattleman's and Montgomery Inn sauce (I let them re sauce on their own)
Sweet Baby Ray's is the hand down winner, Cattleman's was last
Just FYI and we had a lot of fun!
next time more Sweet Baby ray's, mac and cheese, and take better pics!!LOL
My friend and I both have Traegers, he a 70 me a 75. we started with 14 butts (2 to a package, 7 packs total) which was around 130#. give or take. rubbed them down with some Willingham's (that's what I had, and my wife does not like too well, so we got rid of it)
they were on the Traeger for about 13 hrs at 225 , this is about 12 hrs in, on mine with 8 butts
they were between 185 and 200 so I pulled them all and foiled and into the cooler for about 2 hrs (if I had more time, I would have left them on the cooker longer, and rested them longer)
we pulled all 14 butts, it took aroung 1 1/2 hrs to pull. More then filled 5 10# catering pans, chilled over night, and reheated in the overn at 200 for about 3 hrs which seemed about right ( I did kick to 350 for around 1/2 hr)
we served the team at the stadium, best pic I had of the meat (not great pic sorry the kids wanted the food, and I got bumped)
anyway, long and short we fed 125
we had 200 ears of corn on the cobb (a little too much)
25# of mac and cheese (not nearly enough, the players love this stuff)
400 cookies
200 waters
20 gallon of Gator aid (some left over)
I used Sweet baby ray's sauce, Cattleman's and Montgomery Inn sauce (I let them re sauce on their own)
Sweet Baby Ray's is the hand down winner, Cattleman's was last
Just FYI and we had a lot of fun!
next time more Sweet Baby ray's, mac and cheese, and take better pics!!LOL