Basically trying to figure out when I'll need to fet up to have her ready for dinner around 7-8.

by TheJimmons

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  1. If you wrap, maybe 10 hours. If not, up to 16 hours.

    I do pork butts all the time and 250 is pretty low once you get the bark formed. Push up to 275 or even 300. You just can’t dry those things out.

  2. RiperSn1fle

    Usually about 1.5 to 2 hours per pound if you’re doing 225 to 250 smoke temp. Wrap around 165 internal, let it go to about 203 and rest it for a few hours.

  3. More_Assistant_3782

    Put it in the smoker at 0600 at 275. Wrap in foil at 165. It’ll be done in time for a nice rest period before supper.

  4. TheDamus647

    What I try to aim for is to have it ready four hours before I want to eat it. A butt will hold wrapped in a towel inside a faux cambro for hours. If it is ready WAY earlier then you are reheating. If it is ready much later you have hours left before you need it. Butt/shoulder are a hard one to time. Like everyone else is saying. It’s done when it is done. I have had some pieces take 6 hours longer than I had hoped on more than one occasion.

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