John Bowen
is One Chatty Farker
Has anyone tried this?
Last weekend I had to drop some things off at a friend’s. He was smoking two pork butts and when I got there he was just finishing the wrapping stage. He had smoked his butts to about 165 degrees and then wrapped them until they became tender.
But then he added an extra step.
After he removed the foil he then coated the butts with his BBQ sauce and put them on the smoker for another 30 minutes or so. He said that he does this to add color and firm up his bark after it softens from wrapping. He then wraps the butts again and lets them rest for about 2 hours.
Has anyone else done something similar to this? Does it firm the bark or is a better question is it worth the extra effort? Does it affect the pork butt by making it draw or firm back up?
I was not able to hang around and try the BBQ and only have his word that it works out.
I have never seen this done before.
Last weekend I had to drop some things off at a friend’s. He was smoking two pork butts and when I got there he was just finishing the wrapping stage. He had smoked his butts to about 165 degrees and then wrapped them until they became tender.
But then he added an extra step.
After he removed the foil he then coated the butts with his BBQ sauce and put them on the smoker for another 30 minutes or so. He said that he does this to add color and firm up his bark after it softens from wrapping. He then wraps the butts again and lets them rest for about 2 hours.
Has anyone else done something similar to this? Does it firm the bark or is a better question is it worth the extra effort? Does it affect the pork butt by making it draw or firm back up?
I was not able to hang around and try the BBQ and only have his word that it works out.
I have never seen this done before.
