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PatioDaddio

Babbling Farker
Joined
May 4, 2008
Location
Boise, Idaho
Today I cooked a Memphis-style butt hot & fast butt. Is that an oxymoron?
Maybe, but it certainly beats a low-n-slow-as-Memphis butt. :becky:

Here's a quick visual play-by-play:

Rub the butt (mine was 7.5 lbs) with my Memphis-style rub. Cover and
refrigerate fat-side-up for at least 12, but up to 36 hours (as I did).

MemphisPork_1_2_630.jpg


Fire up your cooker (in my case a USM -- UDS with a water pan) for
cooking at 325* grate temp. I used Kingsford blue bag with four small
chunks of hickory and 1/4 of a cherry Mojobrick.

While your coals are starting, uncover the butt and hit it with another light
coat of rub.

MemphisPork_1_3_630.jpg


Put it on the cooker, fat-side-down. I started with about 1/2 gallon of water in
the pan.

MemphisPork_1_4_630.jpg


Let it cook for 3 hours at an average grate temperature of 325-350*, adding
water to the pan as needed. Here's how mine looked at two hours.

MemphisPork_1_5_630.jpg


At the three hour mark (mine was 165* internal), wrap it fat-side-up in a
triple layer of heavy-duty foil, adding 1/2 can of ginger ale.

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Put it back on the cooker for another two hours, adding water to the pan
as needed. The finished temp should be about 203*.

We're about to eat, so I'll post the finished pics later.

John
 
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Ginger ale....that's interesting.

Does the flavor of the beverage/broth add anything besides moisture to the final product?
 
FYI - Here is how my temps looked at 30 minutes into the cook. The top
number was the grate temp, and the bottom was the dome temp. My UDS
has a Weber dome lid, and I was cooking on the top grate, as you can
see in the previous pictures.

MemphisPork_1_10_420.jpg


As an aside, I installed a Tel-Tru UT300 (6" stem) in each of my UDS's
when I first built them and they are still almost dead accurate nearly four
years later. There was only 5* difference between it and the ThermoWorks
reading.

John
 
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Great looking PP, like the ginger ale idea. I did my first hot & fast brisket not long ago, so PP is next. Thanks for sharing!
 
It looks GREAT,,,,,BUT,,,the ONLY thing about that cook that is Memphis Q is your calling it that and MAYBE the rub.Still looks YUMMEE though!
 
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