SmokinSusie-Q
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A dear friend named Tom has been hospitalized on and off for months. He was to come home from Duke last Friday, and I decided to smoke a pork butt for him and his family. I was prepared to smoke it Friday when I found out he had serious complications and would not be coming home. I just waited to hear from his wife who called Sunday to inform me that he would be discharged on Monday. The point of this is that I had less time to prepare so instead of 2 nights in the frig, I had only one. I decided to inject the 7.9 lb butt with Allegro hot and spicy marinade and thickly coat the entire butt with my basic rub. Thinking I might not have enough time to smoke such a large butt before Tom reached home, I decided to cut it in 1/2. I ended up with one 4.5 lb half and one 3.4 1/8 half. I set the temp. at 235 and put the probe (temp. 175) in the largest 1/2 butt (with bone). I used 3.7/8 oz. of wood (cherry and hickory). It took 8 hrs. and 20 min. It was the best butt I've done so far. Perfect temperature for a roast; very juicy; and just enough smoke. This will be my recipe going forward.