I volunteered to be one of the backyard chefs for this year's neighborhood 4th of July gathering of 80+ people. One of the meats I will be smoking is a 15.5 pound boneless pork shoulder that my neighbors bought at Costco (they tried to find bone-in, but unfortunately all sold out).
Question: I'm wondering if I can start the cook on my "22 WSM on July 3rd and place in a warming drawer (guessing late evening) until the gathering starts around 3pm the next day. Or should I start the cook sometime during the evening of July 3rd (or even early am on 4th) so there's less time in the warming drawer?
There's one other option which would probably be least stressful. And that is start smoking the pork butt early morning, July 3rd, and when it's done and shredded into pulled pork, just put in the fridge and let my neighbors heat it up in their oven on the 4th. But I want all the neighbors to enjoy it, so I'm not sure if letting it cool, then re-heating is the best approach.
I haven't smoked a pork butt larger than 9lbs so I'm not sure how long this will take. If I go by Malcom Reed's comments on youtube, he mentioned about an hour per pound at 225° so that's approximately 16 hours. But I plan to smoke it at around 250° if I can, so I'm sure that would shorten the timeframe.
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!
Question: I'm wondering if I can start the cook on my "22 WSM on July 3rd and place in a warming drawer (guessing late evening) until the gathering starts around 3pm the next day. Or should I start the cook sometime during the evening of July 3rd (or even early am on 4th) so there's less time in the warming drawer?
There's one other option which would probably be least stressful. And that is start smoking the pork butt early morning, July 3rd, and when it's done and shredded into pulled pork, just put in the fridge and let my neighbors heat it up in their oven on the 4th. But I want all the neighbors to enjoy it, so I'm not sure if letting it cool, then re-heating is the best approach.
I haven't smoked a pork butt larger than 9lbs so I'm not sure how long this will take. If I go by Malcom Reed's comments on youtube, he mentioned about an hour per pound at 225° so that's approximately 16 hours. But I plan to smoke it at around 250° if I can, so I'm sure that would shorten the timeframe.
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!