Bunch of Butts

[wittdog]

I got a bunch of Butts going today….8 to be exact…and they are some big ole butts….I rubbed em down with the Swine Syndicate Rub..and will be smoking them on the WSMs with Hump Lump and a Mix of Cherry and Hickory.






One big happy Weber family

 

[LarryWolfe]

Those look like the butts I cooked yesterday! I guess the pigs fattened up for the winter!! Looking good, gonna be smelling good in the Wittdog neighborhood in a bit!!!

 

[oompappy]

What's the occasion?

 

[wittdog]

What's the occasion?

My feezer is empty..and some of the boys from work put orders in.

 

[Cliff H.]

Couple of questions for you:

In the past you have trimmed the fat for extra bark. These don't look to be trimmed. Are they? Have you changed your process ?

SoEzzy gave me some good advice in a catering section thread, so how are you going to handle the cooling/packing process, that is IF you are going to cool and pack.

 

[wittdog]

Rather then trimming the fat cap all the way offf...I did trim it down..then I scored it like you would a ham..or "crowned" it......

I might also "foil" these at some point :twisted:
just trying some new techniques out...

 

[Griff]

Wow. Eight huge butts. You do things in a big way.

 

[Greg Rempe]

WOW...those look really bug!! NICE!!

 

[cleglue]

After seeing that my one butt is lonely. They do look good. When did you get another WSM? I guess I missed that post.

 

[wittdog]

I've had two for a while now...since last summer....I got the second one for comps and cooks like this..typically I only cook on one.

 

[Puff1]

Man those are huge!
Dinner time yet?

 

[surfinsapo]

Lookin good so far DW...Can't wait to see the results!!!!

 

[Tannehill Kid]

You got it going on there wittdog. Looking good.

 

[wittdog]

I had to pull the lid off and take a peek…one of the butts was reading 20* higher..and I knew something was wrong..the butt had shrunk and I wasn’t carefull where I put the probe..and the probe was sticking out the other side….
Butts are coming along nicely

Not a bad day…the smell of hickory and pork fat…and sharing a good book with D…..

 

[Nick Prochilo]

It's nice that D reads to you!

 

[wittdog]

It's nice that D reads to you!

 

[Griff]

Must be a good story. D has a serious look on his face.

 

[wittdog]

Butts are done and I'm done...I just hit that 24+hrs without sleep…they are now resting in the Red Neck Cambro (Insulated Cooler that was preheated with boiling water and then layered with a towel)..Butts are double wrapped in foil and inside the RN Cambro….The pieces that were stuck to the grate were PDG…..

Dessert today was Ron’s Moms Chocolate Cobbler

 

[Tannehill Kid]

Seems like you had a good day there wittdog. Don't get much better than cooking and spending time with the family.

 

[Cliff H.]

Nice work Dave.

I always seem to stay up way past bed time when I am doing the Q thang.