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I cooked 62lbs of butts, 30 racks of ribs and 40 lbs of chicken for my aunt's 4th of July party on Saturday. It was the most I've ever cooked at one time. Overall it went very well, it wasn't exactly competition Q, but from the sound of it, it was some of the best Q most of those folks have had. I figure what they don't know won't hurt 'em. :grin:
I started cooking Wednesday night. I did all 8 butts on my 22" WSM and also did 30lbs of wings as a request for a friend for his own 4th party the next day. I went to bed at 4am that night and the Maverick alerted me I was low on charcoal at 6:30am. :tsk:
I reheated them on the gasser the next morning and threw on some of Patio Daddio's Finger Stickin' Sauce. They were surprisingly good the next day. (photo is pre-sauce)
No injection, just some homemade rub. I did foil them at around 7am. I was kinda surprised that they all fit.
At this point I let the pork cool in the fridge while we went to a party. When I got home I vacuum sealed the pork and we reheated it in boiling water on Saturday. I saved all the juices from the foil and that got mixed back in along with a little AJ and BBQ sauce at service.
So Saturday came around and we fired up the 2 drums, my 22 and 18" WSM's and a Traeger and got busy.
I couldn't have done it without my two teammates, my wife's Uncle Jeff and his wife Olivia. Oh and I started a competition team a little while back too. We are Napkin Killers BBQ, we repped the Brethren that day as well. :thumb:
First thing we did was prep the ribs and get them going. We got 30 racks in the 2 drums and 22" WSM with rib racks. 10 per drum.
The chicken went on the 18" WSM and the Traeger. It was the first time I cooked on a Traeger...I liked it.
Unfortunately, with all the commotion I didn't get many good money shots of the food. Here's what I got. :tsk:
Even the dog found a way to get in on the party.
My aunt though it would be funny to get me a chefs hat. I didn't think it was that funny.
So all in all it was a good week of cooking for me and a very happy 4th of July all around. I hope yours was good as well!
Thanks for looking!
eace:
I started cooking Wednesday night. I did all 8 butts on my 22" WSM and also did 30lbs of wings as a request for a friend for his own 4th party the next day. I went to bed at 4am that night and the Maverick alerted me I was low on charcoal at 6:30am. :tsk:
I reheated them on the gasser the next morning and threw on some of Patio Daddio's Finger Stickin' Sauce. They were surprisingly good the next day. (photo is pre-sauce)
No injection, just some homemade rub. I did foil them at around 7am. I was kinda surprised that they all fit.
At this point I let the pork cool in the fridge while we went to a party. When I got home I vacuum sealed the pork and we reheated it in boiling water on Saturday. I saved all the juices from the foil and that got mixed back in along with a little AJ and BBQ sauce at service.
So Saturday came around and we fired up the 2 drums, my 22 and 18" WSM's and a Traeger and got busy.
I couldn't have done it without my two teammates, my wife's Uncle Jeff and his wife Olivia. Oh and I started a competition team a little while back too. We are Napkin Killers BBQ, we repped the Brethren that day as well. :thumb:
First thing we did was prep the ribs and get them going. We got 30 racks in the 2 drums and 22" WSM with rib racks. 10 per drum.
The chicken went on the 18" WSM and the Traeger. It was the first time I cooked on a Traeger...I liked it.
Unfortunately, with all the commotion I didn't get many good money shots of the food. Here's what I got. :tsk:
Even the dog found a way to get in on the party.
My aunt though it would be funny to get me a chefs hat. I didn't think it was that funny.
So all in all it was a good week of cooking for me and a very happy 4th of July all around. I hope yours was good as well!
Thanks for looking!
eace:
