"Denny Wheeler" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:47:04 -0500, Janet Wilder
> > wrote:
>
>>TFM® wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> HEB had pork butts for $1 a pound so I bought a 7.5 pound one.
>>>>
>>>> According to the directions on the AFB FAQ, I'd need 11.25 hours for a
>>>> 7.5 butt, which is way, way too much food for 2 people, so I'm halving
>>>> it and freezing half. Half should take about 5 hours.
>>>
>>>
>>> Janet dear, that formula doesn't really work. Assuming it did, how long
>>> would it take to cook a 70 pound pig?
>>> To save you from breaking out the calculator, it would be 105 hours.
>>>
>>> You should be able to cook that 7.5 pound butt in 6 hours.
>>>
>>> BBQ mythbuster,
>>> TFM®
>>
>>Sigh, it's already in the freezer and the half I'm making has rub on it
>>and is in a baggie in the fridge.
>
> And regardless of formulae and time, and etc, if 7.5 # added to the
> rest of the apparatus you have to lift is too heavy, it's too heavy.
>
> My experience--limited compared to most here--is 5-7 hours for a butt
> at around 235-250. (based on my highly-likely-to-be-incorrect
> built-in thermometer. Maybe this is the year I put one in the side of
> the cover.


You don't need a thermometer for pork. You need a thermometer for fish.

TFM®