Last night I purchased 2 12-13 pound boneless butts from Costco for a party I am having tomorrow. It's the first time I bought them from Costco so I knew they were cut to get the bone out but I didn't realize the butts were actually cut completely in half (which means I now have 4 butts 6-7 pounds each).
They are all salted and tied up with butcher twine and waiting to be rubbed. My issue is that I know having 4 smaller butts would normally cut down the cook time but they are going to be really close together (possibly touching each other) since I am cooking them on a RecTec mini so I'm not sure when I should start smoking them.
The party starts at 2 tomorrow and I am going to shoot for them to be done at noon to give me some leeway because I will just throw them in a Faux Cambro if they hit temp early. Do I start them at 5-6pm tonight under the assumption they are 2 12 pound butts? Or 2-3am under the assumption they are 4 6-7 pound butts? or somewhere in between?
They are all salted and tied up with butcher twine and waiting to be rubbed. My issue is that I know having 4 smaller butts would normally cut down the cook time but they are going to be really close together (possibly touching each other) since I am cooking them on a RecTec mini so I'm not sure when I should start smoking them.
The party starts at 2 tomorrow and I am going to shoot for them to be done at noon to give me some leeway because I will just throw them in a Faux Cambro if they hit temp early. Do I start them at 5-6pm tonight under the assumption they are 2 12 pound butts? Or 2-3am under the assumption they are 4 6-7 pound butts? or somewhere in between?
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