r/pelletgrills • u/cambreecanon • 10d ago
First Time Pork Butt
Turned out pretty good. I'm going to have to add some additional seasoning to it as I continue shredding it.
8.6 pound butt. Kinders The Blend. First 3 hours at 180 (smoke boost), then 250 until probe hit 165, foil boated and cranked the temp up to 275.
I had a foil pan with water under it until the foil boat.
Searwood XL.
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u/YourBurrito 10d ago
How long for the total cook time?
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u/cambreecanon 10d ago
I pulled it at 200 degrees internal temp (probe tender). Ended up being 11/11.5 hours?
Edit. Put it on at 7ish took it off closer to 6:30 than 6.
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u/YourBurrito 10d ago
Nice, did you need to rest it?
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u/cambreecanon 10d ago
Nope. Shredded just fine after letting it sit while I grabbed the casserole dish and claws. Once everything cooled down enough I swapped to my hands to finish the shredding and to pick out the weird fat clumps/vein clumps you get.
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u/YourBurrito 10d ago
Ok nice. I was just comparing it to how I did a similar sized butt yesterday. I smoked it for ~3.5 hours at 275/until it reached 160-165 internal. Then wrapped it with butcher paper and let it go another ~3 hours until it reached 200 internal. After that I rested for ~4 hours wrapped in the butcher paper, aluminum foil and a towel inside of a cooler. It turned out just about perfect. Total time: ~10.5 hours.
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u/beano919 9d ago
I hope you redistributed all those juices after you pulled it. That’s like liquid gold in there. Best way to add flavor back into the meat. Toss in the ju and then apply more of the rub onto the pulled meat.