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Rest, Shred, and Serve Pork Butt

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Traeger Pork Butt Recipe

What happens here

Once the internal temperature of the pork butt reaches approximately 180-181°F and it is very tender (the probe slides in easily, and the bone can be pulled out without resistance), remove it from the smoker. Keep it tightly wrapped in the aluminum foil pan and allow it to rest for a period (e.g., in a cooler or an empty oven) to redistribute juices, ensuring maximum moisture and flavor. After resting, carefully unwrap the pork butt. Using a fork, gently pull the bone out of the meat; it should slide out effortlessly if fully cooked. Begin shredding the pork butt using two forks or bear claws. Observe the pink smoke ring just under the bark, indicating successful smoking. Taste a piece to confirm the flavor and tenderness. Separate the au jus (meat drippings) from the shredded pork, removing any excess fat. The au jus can be saved and added back to the meat or used as a flavorful sauce. Serve the pulled pork as desired, with or without barbecue sauce.

Goal: After cooking, the pork butt is rested, the bone is removed, and the meat is shredded, revealing a delicious smoke ring.

Tools and materials

  • Fork
  • Knife
  • Cooked Pork Butt

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till midnight doing this guys pound that like button if you like this kind of stuff we're just having fun out here grilling this is probably gonna be a nine hour cook awesome i can't wait to taste it all right guys i just checked everything and we are at 181 degrees right now and the probe just goes in like butter so we're going to run out there and we're going to grab the pork butt and we're going to bring it in here and show you nice so all signs point to this thing being rock star ready to go we're gonna let the review be toward you guys so you can see what we've got oh look at that man that's awesome so this is the pork butt we need to let it rest quite some time we've got a lot of aju down in here we've got spoons full of azure what we want to do is the tail tail sign here and again this is 190 degrees we need to be able to pull that bone right out so hopefully if we're totally done look at that pulled right out perfect perfect guys so look at the juices man let's get our knife and check out the smoke ring let's see what we've got here oh that just falls through there this is going to be absolutely gorgeous that's what we want right there we actually want a little more smoke but look at that that's what we're looking for right there we actually wouldn't hurt to have a little bit more smoke if you turn around the other side here you can really see we penetrated really deep with that smoke it's going to be absolutely delicious let's taste it mmm oh man guys this is absolutely gorgeous it's a beautiful piece of meat it's going to be wonderful it's going to be delicious the bone just pulled right out here's the second bone man it just pulled right out this is perfect pork butt guys perfect pork butt now what i did after again this is a a rather large piece of meat what i did was i actually turned the heat down once i hit the 165 mark i brought the heat back down to about 200 degrees and it's set in there and cook for another three hours or so so we got about nine hours total cook time here and we have a gorgeous gorgeous pork butt let's do another little slice off here so you guys can see just how tender and how awesome this thing turned out let's look at that smoke ring oh it really didn't penetrate too awful deep you can see right here that dark ring around the top side right there that's what that traeger does that's what that pellet grill does makes it delish so guys thanks a lot that's how you cook a pork butt me friends family and neighbors are…

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