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[Evan]

Ryan how long did your 8 pounder take? 15 hours seemed a little long to me, though my smaller butts even take around 12.

Looks delicious Evan! I didn't take any pictures of mine after cooking but it was delicious. You said you slather yours in oil prior to the rub, I use mustard. Never tried oil. So what do you put in your rub? I know rub can be a secretive thing for some bbq people. Mine is pretty simple: paprika, brown sugar, coarse salt, fresh ground black pepper, cayenne pepper and garlic powder.

Ive tried both oil and mustard, I couldn't taste a difference so theyre probably about the same. My rub is pretty much exactly what yours is, but I add a little bit of other stuff like some ginger, onion powder, and a pinch of rosemary. I think next time I may even try it sans rub. On a big fat pork butt I don't think its as important since most of the meat is on the inside and its not like brisket where you get abunch with each piece. Also will let me try mopping to see how that affects the flavor.

I'm with you on the sauce too, vinegar base is the way to go! My wife likes sweet sauce. She uses sweet baby ray's and as far as sweet sauces go, it's decent.

hah, mine too. She likes the sweet baby rays, but it drives me crazy that they put smoke flavor in them. I didn't just spend 15 hours slow smoking this meat so you could cover it up with fake smoke and sweet ketchup!
The absolute best sweet style sauce Ive had is the house made sauce at rocklands bbq in Arlington. its worth a visit if youre in the area.