10/14/99 - Boston Butt

10/14/99 - Boston Butt - 18 Hours on the BGE

The Method

The recipe is from the recipe section of the BGE forum. For lack of time it spent only 7 hours in the fridge prior to being placed on the grill.

10:55pm -- It is time to begin (picture on left). The Boston Butt (5.5 lbs, internal temperature 33 degrees) meets the BGE - dome temperature 200 degrees.

5:00am - Internal temp 130 degrees, dome temp at 200 degrees -- Yes, I checked it at about 3am - it didn't need me!

7:30 am -- Internal temp 145 degrees

9:45am -- The crust (picture on left) is getting crunchy. Internal temp is still holding at 145 degrees.

11:00am -- Internal temp at 152 degrees

03:00pm -- Internal Temp at 159 degrees

05:05pm -- 18 hours, internal temp is now 197 degrees

05:15pm -- Internal temp hit 201 -- Sorry C~W, I missed the 200 mark. I tried to remove it from the grill in one piece - it came in a few pieces -- just no cooperation.

05:45pm -- Ready to Eat.

06:22pm - It was great - Moist and slightly spicy!

Our plans are to start one of these (only twice as large or 2 of the same size) on Thanksgiving night -- the kids will be home for Thanksgiving and it will make a great Friday dinner with leftovers for both of their trips back home. Life is good!

11/25/99 - Thanksgiving Day - 2 Boston Butts

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