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swampsauce

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I usually wrap when cooking butts. I decided yesterday not to wrap and keep a little cooler temp(250) for me. results were good, not as tender nor juicy as wrapped, but good:
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used my favorite chicken rub, purty tasty.
 
Looks good to me, Tim. What is your favorite chicken rub?

--John
(Perfect pulled pork is a treat. Not-quite-perfect pulled pork is a treat too. You can hardly go wrong. :D )
 
Hey Tim..looks good. Now I notice your opening comments about wrapped vs unwrapped. Had a world class yankee pig pusher tell me one time to do it like this. Buy two butts and cook one wrapped and the other unwrapped and mix em together 50/50 when it comes time to push and pull. Gives you the best of both versions and gets the judges cornfused enough to pick it sometimes. Now I do this on a micro scale using only one big butt cut half in two. I wrap the side without the bone and cook the other half (bone side) nekked. I like to be able to pull out the bone with my tongs or fingers. The one in the foil will get done first..just throw it in the hot box..where it be joined shortly by the other half which also gets wrapped at this point. Let them sweat together in the hot box at least 2 hrs. Try it like that sometime when you get bored and in an expurimental mode. If your at a contest use mainly the outside meat. Folks around this neck of the woods do not like that old wet and gooey Mrs. White too well.

bigwheel
 
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