150 lbs in two cooks!

Rookie'48 · 06-29-2010, 01:20 AM

Well, here it is Tuesday morning & I think that I've recuperated from last week's cook

. I was asked to cook pulled pork and pulled beef for a cutomer appreciation day last Saturday at Diamond Trail RV in Bevington, Iowa. I bought a case of four big chuckies and a case of ten butts from my local Costco.
I started with the chuck rolls, cutting them in half, trimming (not very much), rubbing them down with Plowboys Bovine Bold and loading them in the UDS and the Traeger 075 around midnight Wednsday. They came off of the smokers Thursday afternoon, got pulled, vacu-sucked, given a bath in ice and left to rest.
That night (Thursday) around midnight I pulled out the butts and suddenly remembered that our Costco only sells boneless butts and that these were already very well trimmed - the total amount of fat trimmed from all ten butts was only about 5 pounds! Anyway, I did what little trimming was needed, hit the butts with a dose of Slabs Kyle Style rub and re-loaded the Traeger and the UDS. These were finished cooking Friday afternoon, got pulled, bagged, iced, etc.
Saturday morning found me up at the ungodly hour of 5 am to reheat all of this meat, load it in 1/2 pans and deliver at 10 am.
I learned a couple of new things while doing this cook:
1) I have trouble keeping the temps up with K-ford Comp in the UDS
2) $5 a bag for ice sure gets expensive
3) Now I really understand why caterers charge what they do

.
and 4) I'm too damn old & crippled to do this very often

.

Captain Dave · 06-29-2010, 03:36 AM

I'll bet all the dogs in the neighborhood stood up and took notice. Thats a lot of meat.

Wesman61 · 06-29-2010, 03:37 AM

Wow! Looks great. I haven't used my Traeger for awhile. I've been busy but I need to do a pulled butt or chuckie.

Phubar · 06-29-2010, 04:52 AM

People are in for a treat!

Kevin · 06-29-2010, 05:18 AM

Breathe

Nice looking cook Dave.

BlkJeep · 06-29-2010, 06:13 AM

Amazing!! Sounds fun but I can imagine how tired you were..

Smokey Al Gold · 06-29-2010, 07:24 AM

Food looks great! $5 dollars a bag of ice! That's robbery!

pat · 06-29-2010, 07:30 AM

Nice work Dave! Next time give me a ring and I can help your old crippled a**

Desert Dweller · 06-29-2010, 08:06 AM

Nice job Dave, bought time ya did something...

Quote:

Originally Posted by pat

Nice work Dave! Next time give me a ring and I can help your old crippled a**

What? Are you a shrink? That's the help that boy needs!

pat · 06-29-2010, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Desert Dweller

What? Are you a shrink? That's the help that boy needs!

We all know he is beyond that kind of help

Ron_L · 06-29-2010, 08:35 AM

Wow! That's a lot of pork, Dave! Good job!

I only have one thing to say...

FEAR THE PIG! (I didn't hear that at Marshalltown this year

)

fat_bastard · 06-29-2010, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rookie'48

Well, here it is Tuesday morning & I think that I've recuperated from last week's cook

. I was asked to cook pulled pork and pulled beef for a cutomer appreciation day last Saturday at Diamond Trail RV in Bevington, Iowa. I bought a case of four big chuckies and a case of ten butts from my local Costco.
I started with the chuck rolls, cutting them in half, trimming (not very much), rubbing them down with Plowboys Bovine Bold and loading them in the UDS and the Traeger 075 around midnight Wednsday. They came off of the smokers Thursday afternoon, got pulled, vacu-sucked, given a bath in ice and left to rest.
That night (Thursday) around midnight I pulled out the butts and suddenly remembered that our Costco only sells boneless butts and that these were already very well trimmed - the total amount of fat trimmed from all ten butts was only about 5 pounds! Anyway, I did what little trimming was needed, hit the butts with a dose of Slabs Kyle Style rub and re-loaded the Traeger and the UDS. These were finished cooking Friday afternoon, got pulled, bagged, iced, etc.
Saturday morning found me up at the ungodly hour of 5 am to reheat all of this meat, load it in 1/2 pans and deliver at 10 am.
I learned a couple of new things while doing this cook:
1) I have trouble keeping the temps up with K-ford Comp in the UDS
2) $5 a bag for ice sure gets expensive
3) Now I really understand why caterers charge what they do

.
and 4) I'm too damn old & crippled to do this very often

.

Great looking meat!

hmm... that sounds wrong

My UDS seems to like the K-ford comp better than the regular stuff. I picked up one of the twin packs from costco for about $13 a while back and it holds a much more steady temp in the drum once I get it to where I want it.

FamilyManBBQ · 06-29-2010, 09:35 AM

Good looking grub!! Makin' that hard work look easy!

$5 ice!! Hope they were some big ol' bags!

Thanks for sharing.

Rookie'48 · 06-29-2010, 11:55 AM

I should have mentioned that the $5 bags of ice are 25 pounds each, but you sure can go through a lot of them cooling down, and keeping cold, that much meat

. And Pat, the next time (if there ever is one) that I do something like this I'll be sure to call

.

watertowerbbq · 06-29-2010, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rookie'48

I should have mentioned that the $5 bags of ice are 25 pounds each, but you sure can go through a lot of them cooling down, and keeping cold, that much meat

. And Pat, the next time (if there ever is one) that I do something like this I'll be sure to call

.

Dave, you can give me a call too. I can keep Pat company while we sit around and watch you work.

06-29-2010, 03:36 AM	#2
Captain Dave is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 07-29-09 Location: Luling, Texas 78648	I'll bet all the dogs in the neighborhood stood up and took notice. Thats a lot of meat. __________________ Thanks for noticing

06-29-2010, 03:37 AM	#3
Wesman61 is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-06-08 Location: Caldwell, Idaho	Wow! Looks great. I haven't used my Traeger for awhile. I've been busy but I need to do a pulled butt or chuckie. __________________ Gateway drum smoker, OK Joe Longhorn Dual, OC Smokehouse, OK Joe Judge.

06-29-2010, 04:52 AM	#4
Phubar somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 04-24-09 Location: Utrecht,TheNetherPharkinglands	People are in for a treat! __________________ -TG -WGA (3) -UDS (S,M,L) All fueled by [COLOR=lime]Ecobrasa[/COLOR] Coco Briquettes [URL="http://lowlandsmokers.blogspot.com/2011/06/lowland-smokers-workshop-hei-en-boeicop.html"]Lowland Smokers[/URL] Dutch BBQ Champion 2011 - 2012 [URL="http://lowlandsmokers.blogspot.com/2011/06/lowland-smokers-workshop-hei-en-boeicop.html"]Lowland Smokers[/URL] Dutch BBQ Champion 2013 Low 'n Slow WGA Ambassador

06-29-2010, 05:18 AM	#5
Kevin Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 02-06-05 Location: Southern Minnesota	Breathe Nice looking cook Dave. __________________ Kevin

06-29-2010, 06:13 AM	#6
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06-29-2010, 07:24 AM	#7
Smokey Al Gold is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 08-13-08 Location: San Antonio TX	Food looks great! $5 dollars a bag of ice! That's robbery! __________________ 22.5 OTG, 18.5 SJP (modded), 14.5 SJS, Weber Q 100, TX Longhorn Camper grill TL 21 [URL="http://www.elcapoteranch.com"]www.elcapoteranch.com[/URL] [URL="http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/group.php?groupid=39"]ZERO[/URL] Club Member (2) Creator of: "The Great Chicken Sammich Debacle of 2010"

06-29-2010, 07:30 AM	#8
pat is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 01-21-08 Location: Des Moines, IA	Nice work Dave! Next time give me a ring and I can help your old crippled a __________________ Smokers Purgatory Have you tried Simply Marvelous Rubs yet??** Backwoods Party Ole Hickory CTO Large Big Green Egg WSM X 2 Weber Performer

06-29-2010, 08:35 AM	#11
Ron_L Moderator Join Date: 12-09-04 Location: Wandering, but not lost Name/Nickname : Captain Ron	Wow! That's a lot of pork, Dave! Good job! I only have one thing to say... FEAR THE PIG! (I didn't hear that at Marshalltown this year ) __________________ "Ron Rico, Boss. You can call me Captain Ron..." Naked Fatties Rock! PKGo X 2/PK360/Weber Q1000/Blackstone Camping Griddle/Pit Boss Pro Series 850

06-29-2010, 09:35 AM	#13
FamilyManBBQ is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 06-30-09 Location: Redmond, WA	Good looking grub!! Makin' that hard work look easy! $5 ice!! Hope they were some big ol' bags! Thanks for sharing. __________________ [FONT=Arial Black][FONT=Arial][B]Humphrey's Pint[/B][/FONT][/FONT], [FONT=Arial Black][FONT=Arial]Weber(Go Anywhere, Smokey Joe, "Smoker Joe", 22.5" Kettles, Gasser, Q100, Q200, (2)22.5" WSM, (1)18.5" WSM (1) 14.5" WSM, UDS (Weber lid), Rib-O-Lator. [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Arial Black][FONT=Arial][B][COLOR=black]BLACK[/COLOR][/B] thermapen...and a [B][COLOR=yellow]YELLOW[/COLOR][/B] one too!! [/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Arial Black][FONT=Arial][I][B]Everything I cook is judged by SIX!![/B][/I][/FONT][/FONT] [I][FONT=Arial][B]Daddy and Me BBQ[/B] Competition Cooking Team[/FONT][/I]

06-29-2010, 11:55 AM	#14
Rookie'48 Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 11-12-06 Location: Des Moines, Iowa	I should have mentioned that the $5 bags of ice are 25 pounds each, but you sure can go through a lot of them cooling down, and keeping cold, that much meat . And Pat, the next time (if there ever is one) that I do something like this I'll be sure to call . __________________ Dave Compton KCBS MasterCBJ # 22569 Member of the 100+ Contest Club Judge Number 6 competition BBQ team Possibly the only judge ever to get an award from a bunch of cooks UDS 075 UCB WSM and a bunch of other stuff.

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