On 23/11/2012 12:36 PM, Steve Freides wrote:
> OK, we went to Whole Foods this morning and bought a 3 lb. piece of pork
> butt. My wife wants to have it tonight so she dry-rubbed some spices on
> it and we put it in the oven at 500 F. $5/lb.
>
> How long to leave at 500F? How long to cook after that and at what
> lower temperature?
>
> My wife is doing this - I'm busy roasting coffee which takes
> near-constant attention - and says she can find no guidance on timings,
> temperatures, etc.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
>


The times I cooked pork butt I used a dry rub with salt, pepper, sugar
and about half the spices in my collection and sat for 12 hours and was
then cooked in a covered pot for 6 hours.