How many Bone-in Pork Butts at once in a PBC ?

[BruceB]

I have two party events coming up at the end of the month, both driven by a third event - my retirement on June 30 th !

These events are a week apart on sequential Fridays, and both have to feature pulled pork and ribs.

I did my first run on two boneless butts yesterday, about 15 lbs between the two. I did them on the rack, as I have not been very successful hanging tied-up boneless butts. With some family here, we ate about half of one as pulled pork, and the rest got pulled and vacuum packed for the freezer. That run took about 9 hours for both to get to 203F, PBC ran about 250F all day, and still had some energy left when I pulled them off.

I have 6 more bone-in butts each about 10 lbs, and 2 more boneless. I need to cook two for the event on June 30, and the other 6 for July 7th. In between PB cooks, I also have to do some ribs last minute, maybe 6 racks for the first event, and maybe 9 racks for the second one. I can't see how I can do more than two of any from of PB at one time, either hanging or on the rack.

Maybe Jerod has a secret loading technique ?

I guess I could do two on the kettle w/SnS and a drip pan. Maybe only 1 at a time?

Open to ideas here

[Jerod Broussard]

Three....

[rototiller78]

Impressive!

[stevespurrier]

Wow!!!

[jecucolo]

Buy a second pbc. 6 pb is a lot to to cook on the pbc in one cook! Jerod is in a league of his own.

[BruceB]

I really don't like having to do these in advance, but it's the only way the schedule can work. I'll do two at a time, 2 cooks this weekend, then finish everything else during the July 4th week. Since I'll be gainfully un-employed I'll have lots of time !

[kmhfive]

Congratulations on the pending retirement! You could probably do two on the Kettle if you raise the temperature a bit and use the space on the charcoal grate. Three in the PBC would be fun to see, but I imagine the temperatures would be different than you're used to.