Wrap Pork Butt and Finish Cooking
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Traeger Pork Butt Recipe
What happens here
After approximately 3 hours of smoking (or when the internal temperature reaches around 165°F), the pork butt is ready for wrapping. The host noted an increase in smoker temperature from 225°F to 260°F during this phase to speed up cooking. Carefully remove the pork butt from the smoker and place it into a clean aluminum foil pan. Drizzle any remaining honey into the pan. Add a light dusting of Kinder's Master Salt seasoning (or a similar garlic, sea salt, butter-flavored rub) over the meat in the pan to enhance the flavor. Cover the pan tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil to create a sealed environment, which helps to braise the meat and prevent it from drying out, holding in moisture. Reinsert the temperature probe through the foil into the thickest part of the meat. Return the wrapped pork butt to the smoker and continue cooking until it reaches desired tenderness (usually around 200-205°F internal temperature, or when the probe slides in 'like butter' with minimal resistance). This final stage may take another 3-6 hours.
Goal: Once the pork butt reaches an internal temperature of around 165°F, it is removed, placed in a foil pan with additional ingredients, wrapped, and returned to the smoker to finish cooking until tender.
Tools and materials
- Aluminum Foil Pan
- Heavy-Duty Aluminum Foil
- Traeger Temperature Probe
- Honey
- Kinder's Master Salt Seasoning
- Pork Butt (partially smoked)
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