Cooking Pork Butt on the Big Green Egg
Sunday is always my favorite day of the week. There’s something about knowing that I have the whole day to relax and do whatever I want that makes me feel so free. This particular Sunday, I woke up early and decided to get started on some meal prep.
I fired up the big green egg and got to work on a pork butt. The smell of smoking meat filled the air, and before long, I had a delicious feast cooking away. As I waited for the pork to cook, Mr. Squeeze and I did some chores. This little round took a bit of time on the BGE but it was so worth it.
We gardened and cleaned up with a smile on our faces, the aroma in the backyard was making us drool with anticipation. Mr Squeeze was salivating at what lay ahead of him: A delicious meal!
Needless to say, the pork was juicy and tender, with a smoky flavor that went perfectly with roasted vegetables, and a white slaw.
Pork Butt
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Pork Butt
- 1 Big Green Egg Savory Pecan Seasoning
Instructions
Meat Prep
- You can score the fat cap, I just sliced deep into the fat to allow the seasoning to get into the crevices, which worked perfect for me.
- Rub seasoning deep into the meat
Big Green Egg
- Setup: Pretty simple with the inverted plate setter, I placed my drip tray on top of the convEggtor and the standard grill plate on top of everything, resting on the plate setter.
- I set up my BGE for indirect cooking
Once I put the pork butt on the egg – after I get the egg to hold at 225 – I gave the pork butt another generous coating of the rub.
Cook Time
- I consistently checked the temp of the BGE keeping an even 225-250, the butt cooked for just about 9 hours slowly. I rubbed every couple hours with more seasoning.
- After a total cook time of 9 hours, I raised the Egg temperature to 300 for the final 1 hour to make sure the bark got nice and crispy. My butt was at 195 after all of this and I tested the meat by moving the thermometer – it slide in nice and easy.
- We sliced our butt, but tomorrow we will shred and add some BBQ sauce or something amazing to compliment this pork butt for our weekly meal prep
Notes
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