tony b Posted November 12, 2017 Report Posted November 12, 2017 Started a 7.5 lb, bone in, pork butt this morning (7:30 am) on the KK, indirect @ 250F (with Guru), with the smoker pot loaded with peach and pecan. Injected with a dozen Seasoning Stix - 4 Garlic, 4 Sriracha Garlic, and 4 Blend X and rubbed with mustard & Dizzy Pig Crossroads - rested overnight. I had hoped that it would be done in time for me to go to the hockey game tonight. Plan was to wrap in foil, beach towel, and into the cooler until I got home to pull it. However, when my friend arrived at 4:45 pm to go to dinner before the game, the butt was sitting @ 175F. Dilemma - take it off the smoker and wrapped it and hope that it finishes (target IT was 200F); or, let it go and cross my fingers that I don't come home to jerky? So, I rolled the dice and let it ride. Got home from the game around 9:30 pm to find the butt sitting at 199F - Woo, Hoo!! Perfect Butt!!!! Sometimes it pays to be lucky more than it does to be good!! 6
Aussie Ora Posted November 12, 2017 Report Posted November 12, 2017 Awesome I've been having trouble with my smoking pot the foil I used is now leaking and I can't seem to get the flour mix right Outback kamado Bar and Grill
Bruce Pearson Posted November 12, 2017 Report Posted November 12, 2017 Nothing like a perfect butt! No pictures?
5698k Posted November 12, 2017 Report Posted November 12, 2017 No pics....didn’t happen. 🧐🧐Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
MacKenzie Posted November 12, 2017 Report Posted November 12, 2017 I hear you 5698k, it all sounds soooooo good that I was hoping for pixs. Are you listening, Tony? 1
tony b Posted November 12, 2017 Author Report Posted November 12, 2017 7 hours ago, 5698k said: No pics....didn’t happen. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Says the man who never posts pictures! Sorry, Robert, but I gave up trying to compete with the likes of Charles and MacKenzie ages ago when it comes to food photography. I only post pics if it's critical to the discussion. In this case, it's just another pork butt. Sorry, MacKenzie, it's all pulled and into zip bags in the freezer - except for one small bag I'm eating out of, like for breakfast this morning with 2 fried eggs on top - excellent. 14 hours ago, Aussie Ora said: I can't seem to get the flour mix right Outback kamado Bar and Grill I struggled for a while, too, Aussie, since I'm not a baker and not used to working with dough. But, with practice, I finally got it down pretty well. One thing that I did learn is that it doesn't take as much water as you think it should, but make sure that you mix it well so you don't have pockets of dry flour. Just keep plugging away at it - practice makes perfect, as they say. 1
MacKenzie Posted November 12, 2017 Report Posted November 12, 2017 45 minutes ago, tony b said: Says the man who never posts pictures! Sorry, Robert, but I gave up trying to compete with the likes of Charles and MacKenzie ages ago when it comes to food photography. I only post pics if it's critical to the discussion. In this case, it's just another pork butt. Sorry, MacKenzie, it's all pulled and into zip bags in the freezer - except for one small bag I'm eating out of, like for breakfast this morning with 2 fried eggs on top - excellent. Tony, this is not a competition and I'm sure we all have a great imagination. Even a pix of pulled pork in a zip bag would be appealing. It is never too late. 1
5698k Posted November 12, 2017 Report Posted November 12, 2017 Oh, c’mon tony, you’re an old pro here, anything you do is pic worthy!!Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1
Grant Posted November 13, 2017 Report Posted November 13, 2017 I can rationalize a bit with Tony. I have thought of posting some pictures of cooks, and then realized they were far short of the Mackenzie quality we have come to expect!
MacKenzie Posted November 13, 2017 Report Posted November 13, 2017 I can rationalize a bit with Tony. I have thought of posting some pictures of cooks, and then realized they were far short of the Mackenzie quality we have come to expect! My first pixs were pretty bad and I have every confidence that your will be better. So get that camera out and start shooting. 1
MacKenzie Posted November 13, 2017 Report Posted November 13, 2017 My first pix were pretty bad and I have every confidence that yours will be better. So get that camera out and start shooting.
MacKenzie Posted November 13, 2017 Report Posted November 13, 2017 I have another idea, why not try to post some really bad pixs, that way mine will look even better. I could show you some of my original ones to help you out. 1
5698k Posted November 13, 2017 Report Posted November 13, 2017 Mac, my very best pics would still make you look better. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1
MacKenzie Posted November 13, 2017 Report Posted November 13, 2017 I've seen your pixs and I know better.
MacKenzie Posted November 13, 2017 Report Posted November 13, 2017 13 hours ago, Bruce Pearson said: Nothing like a perfect butt! No pictures? I wish I had a perfect butt, thanks to Tony, I don't even know what one looks like. 3
tony b Posted November 13, 2017 Author Report Posted November 13, 2017 Uncle, Uncle, Uncle! Today's lunch - Perfect Butt sandwich! I even threw in the zip bag, just for MacKenzie - 3
MacKenzie Posted November 13, 2017 Report Posted November 13, 2017 (edited) You are making me want to do a butt. Edited November 13, 2017 by MacKenzie
tony b Posted November 14, 2017 Author Report Posted November 14, 2017 An almost perfect butt! The LAST tomato that I got off my plants before the frost hit. I just couldn't resist posting this! 3
MacKenzie Posted November 14, 2017 Report Posted November 14, 2017 Tony, that pixs is worth a thousand words. All this from someone who shy's away from pixs. You have just graduated to the top of the class.
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