My first Butt!

The title got your attention didn't it? Joey is the griller in our family and he is AMAZING but this week he was unable to grill the meat that we had in our fridge. It was going to go bad, I tell you and I had to do something about it! Joey lit the grill and left me a set of very specific directions-- and the rest was up to me! I had to seer it, stoke the fire and everything! Smoking a Boston Butt is an all-day commitment and I had to stick with it! Our family was counting on me! Andrew ran and grabbed the camera and said that he had to take a picture of me smoking my first butt.

Look at that hunk of meat! HUGE--I tell you!
Andrew had Robotics class and so we had to leave the house at 2pm. Joey would not be home until 5:30. He told me that I only had to check it every three hours so I stoked the fire, added some hickory chips and hoped that all would be well while I was gone. Joey got away late and so I was very nervous about what I would find when I got home at 6:00pm. It had been four hours! I lifted the grill to find that I still had hot coals I had a beautifully moist MASTERPIECE!

Joey came through the door just in time to gently pull the bone from the meat.
IT SLID RIGHT OUT!!!
And the taste....DYNOMITE!!!

No, she is not about to hurl! She is stuffing meat in her mouth!

And the vote's are in....Mommy Smoked Butt! I will however, not be taking over as lead meat smoker. I am only a good backup to the original meat chefs: Bibi and Joey T.
But it did feel good to have mastered the meat!