overnight butt virgin no more = butt PRON!

[Rick's Tropical Delight]

17 pounds of boston butt in the bge for 14 hours with hickory chunks and jack daniels chips and i am not a big butt overnight virgin any more! whoohooooo!

and now... they rest.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r151/RicksTropicalDelight/biggreenegg/pork/firstovernightbutts-002.jpg

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http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r151/RicksTropicalDelight/biggreenegg/pork/firstovernightbutts-014.jpg

aargh! http://my.erinet.com/~pnsonr/aargh.gif

[Bentley]

Very pretty!

[tony76248]

Looks good. Hope it tastes the same.

[tkuehn5410]

Did you inject those beautiful bottoms before the smoke?

[Rick's Tropical Delight]

Did you inject those beautiful bottoms before the smoke?
no injection. i'm all about keepin it simple and i feel the ceramic mass of the egg and it's moisture retaining qualities negate the injection option...
at least that's my theory anyway :biggrin:

[Rusty_Barton]

Nice looking bark! What rub did you use?

[BIG 12 BBQ]

I'm curious as to why you chose to cook them with the fat cap on the side.

[Rick's Tropical Delight]

Nice looking bark! What rub did you use?
i know a lot of brothers have said they don't care for it, but i used dizzy pig coarse and regular dizzy dust. i happen to like it.

[Rick's Tropical Delight]

I'm curious as to why you chose to cook them with the fat cap on the side.
that's a good question... i wasn't sure if both butts would fit in there without hitting the dome on the sides, so i stood them up on edge in the middle where the dome is higher. so here's yet another option to the "fat cap up or down" discussion, fat cap on the side please! :biggrin:

[motley que]

i saw butt virgin and thought that it should be in the woodpile.....whew

[ModelMaker]

Really nice lookin coooker set up.
Very workman like!
ModelMaker

[jpw23]

Nice butt ya got there:wink: :biggrin:

[RevZiLLa]

Nice work! Save some leftovers for me

[thirdeye]

no injection. i'm all about keepin it simple and i feel the ceramic mass of the egg and it's moisture retaining qualities negate the injection option...
at least that's my theory anyway :biggrin:


Heheee. You're saying that now.... Wait till you try pumping your butt up with some sort of butt juice. :shock: It's partially for moisture and partially to get some flavor down deep instead of just on the surface.

You are right about the moisture retention of foods cooked on ceramic cookers, but if you start with more, you can retain more.

[Rick's Tropical Delight]

Heheee. You're saying that now.... Wait till you try pumping your butt up with some sort of butt juice. :shock: It's partially for moisture and partially to get some flavor down deep instead of just on the surface.

You are right about the moisture retention of foods cooked on ceramic cookers, but if you start with more, you can retain more.
you are gonna make me do it, aintcha :biggrin:

[Rick's Tropical Delight]

pretty good :biggrin:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r151/RicksTropicalDelight/biggreenegg/pork/firstovernightbuttII-006.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r151/RicksTropicalDelight/biggreenegg/pork/firstovernightbuttII-005.jpg

thirdeye made me make this beer bread too!
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r151/RicksTropicalDelight/biggreenegg/bread/firstovernightbuttII-002.jpg

[Smokin' Gnome BBQ]

looks nice, when are you handing out the samples?

[jacob]

Looks great Brother.

[swamprb]

When I saw 17 lbs of butt, I thought fer sure you were using a raised grate! But then again, It's Rick! The most Egg crammenest person on the planet! I'm always amazed at how much you get on the Medium! How long did they take to cook?

Brian

[Rick's Tropical Delight]

When I saw 17 lbs of butt, I thought fer sure you were using a raised grate! But then again, It's Rick! The most Egg crammenest person on the planet! I'm always amazed at how much you get on the Medium! How long did they take to cook?

Brian

14 hours for the larger one and about 13:30 for the smaller

had to stand em on edge to make it work. i was going to hold top tops apart with bamboo skewers, but it wasn't necessary. :wink:

[Bossmanbbq]

very nice, made my mouth water!! What type of camera are you using? those pics are incrediable!

[tntitan]

rick post that beer bread recipt that stuff looks good i love bread too much

[Rick's Tropical Delight]

very nice, made my mouth water!! What type of camera are you using? those pics are incrediable!
thanks, mon

that's the nikon d80 doin it's stuff

[Rick's Tropical Delight]

rick post that beer bread recipt that stuff looks good i love bread too much
it's a box mix from tastefully simple, bountiful beer bread.

great stuff!

[pigmaker23]

Great Looking Butts, bye the way how much charcoal did you use ? do you think the guru reduces the charcoal use ?

[Rick's Tropical Delight]

Great Looking Butts, bye the way how much charcoal did you use ? do you think the guru reduces the charcoal use ?
14 hours @ 225 grid/250 dome and about 5-6 pounds of royal oak lump (usa made) used. i don't know if the guru saved fuel, but it let me sleep :biggrin:

hey, albany! my grandparents used to live in copake, ny. beautiful country around there!

[Greendriver]

With a rig like that man you couln't help but hit a homer.

[bruskee]

I just ate bbq and that's making me hungry..... I bet you could make a rock look good couldn't ya ?