First Blind Cook. 12lbs of Pork Butt. Live!

Pork butt was $0.79 a pound when I went grocery shopping today. I exercised restraint, and purchased two modest 6 pounders. That's normal right???

The only problem is that I gave my only remote thermometer/probe setup to my Father who visited from Maine last weekend. All I have to go by is my thermopop so I have no idea where temps are running in the PBC. No matter, it hasn't let me down yet!

I cut them into 4 separate roasts so that I could up the surface area of rub, and to get the ratio of hook to meat a bit higher (don't want to lose one in the coals!). I'm not sure if that was a good idea or not, but it's all in the name of science.

Meat went on at 4:30pm EST. Here goes nothing... :razz:

I'm using a bit of applewood that I picked up when we took the kids apple picking last weekend.

Progress Update: I took them off to foil at 8:00pm. My thermopop had a range of temps of 160-175 for the three that remained on the PBC. These things have bark like a mastiff! I won't know if that's good or bad for an hour or two I guess...

I should point out that it's a 12" in diameter plate!!!