S4vant
07-29-2013, 02:27 PM
This was a semi-successful cook in my eyes (everyone said they loved it, but I didn't think it was my best work.) A little more background on the get-together, its my wife's family's annual "reunion" out at her grandma's house. Her uncle's and I usually bring a bunch of different bourbons to try out, but the twist this year was that my bro-in-law also brought out a couple of bottles of tequila (Patron and Cabo Wabo i think). Between the 4 of us we, finished 3 bottles of bourbon and both tequila's. I ended up crashing at 1:30am the night of the cook, somehow woke up at 3:30am to light the smoker and prep the butts for 4:30am start....thank god I set up the smoker earlier, and thank god for the iGrill. I was able to crash on the couch and keep my phone next to me to keep me updated till I got up at 8am.
Here are some pics from whenever I remembered to take them:
Just put the butts on @ 4:30am
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/98GTi-VR6/Grannys%202013%20reunion/13-1.jpg
The butts at about 7 hrs in. Internal temp was 165F at this point.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/98GTi-VR6/Grannys%202013%20reunion/IMG_20130726_112256.jpg
The baby backs after a couple of hours @ 250F.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/98GTi-VR6/Grannys%202013%20reunion/IMG_20130726_140758.jpg
Butt #1 off at 4pm.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/98GTi-VR6/Grannys%202013%20reunion/IMG_20130726_142207.jpg
Butt #2 (definitely should have tied with twine, this one splayed out a bit in the smoker and the tip of it got a bit dry).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/98GTi-VR6/Grannys%202013%20reunion/IMG_20130726_142235.jpg
The MOINK balls.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/98GTi-VR6/Grannys%202013%20reunion/IMG_20130726_172354.jpg
I let the butts sit for about 20 mins after taking them out of the smoker and then wrapped them in foil and put them in a cooler until everything else was ready. I let my wife's uncle and son (both are professional chefs) shred the butts and they said that besides the tip of the one butt that was dry, the rest came out spot on as far as tenderness goes.
The ribs came out not quite fall of the bone, which is good for me.
Dinner was served at 6pm, sorry I did not have pics of the spread...as everyone was eating, all I wanted to do was put my feet up and for a bit! Everyone said the pulled pork and the ribs were great, but I have to admit it didn't knock my socks off. Used the "Jane's butt rub" recipe that I found on another forum for the butts, 2 of the racks had the BRITU rub on them, and the remaining rack had Plowboys Yardbird on it. Foiled the ribs after 2.5 hrs with honey, tiger sauce, parkay, and brown sugar.
Maybe it was a case of me just being around the smoker most of the day and being wiped out, but I was just not enthused.
Here are some pics from whenever I remembered to take them:
Just put the butts on @ 4:30am
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/98GTi-VR6/Grannys%202013%20reunion/13-1.jpg
The butts at about 7 hrs in. Internal temp was 165F at this point.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/98GTi-VR6/Grannys%202013%20reunion/IMG_20130726_112256.jpg
The baby backs after a couple of hours @ 250F.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/98GTi-VR6/Grannys%202013%20reunion/IMG_20130726_140758.jpg
Butt #1 off at 4pm.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/98GTi-VR6/Grannys%202013%20reunion/IMG_20130726_142207.jpg
Butt #2 (definitely should have tied with twine, this one splayed out a bit in the smoker and the tip of it got a bit dry).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/98GTi-VR6/Grannys%202013%20reunion/IMG_20130726_142235.jpg
The MOINK balls.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/98GTi-VR6/Grannys%202013%20reunion/IMG_20130726_172354.jpg
I let the butts sit for about 20 mins after taking them out of the smoker and then wrapped them in foil and put them in a cooler until everything else was ready. I let my wife's uncle and son (both are professional chefs) shred the butts and they said that besides the tip of the one butt that was dry, the rest came out spot on as far as tenderness goes.
The ribs came out not quite fall of the bone, which is good for me.
Dinner was served at 6pm, sorry I did not have pics of the spread...as everyone was eating, all I wanted to do was put my feet up and for a bit! Everyone said the pulled pork and the ribs were great, but I have to admit it didn't knock my socks off. Used the "Jane's butt rub" recipe that I found on another forum for the butts, 2 of the racks had the BRITU rub on them, and the remaining rack had Plowboys Yardbird on it. Foiled the ribs after 2.5 hrs with honey, tiger sauce, parkay, and brown sugar.
Maybe it was a case of me just being around the smoker most of the day and being wiped out, but I was just not enthused.