Smoked Boston Butt

This North Carolina-style smoked Boston butt is cooked low and slow for maximum tenderness and flavor. Perfect for pulled pork sandwiches or serving with your favorite BBQ sides.

5 ingredients
6 steps
Added Oct 8, 2025
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Ingredients

  • 8 pound pork butt (Also called pork shoulder or blade roast or boston butt.)
  • 1 cup Scott's Homemade Dry Rub (Recipe on MyFamilyCooks.)
  • 6 chunks Smoking wood
  • 2 tablespoon yellow mustard
  • 1 Jalapeno

Instructions

  1. 1

    Trim excess fat from pork butt

  2. 2

    Start smoker with small amount of lump and heat to 300f

  3. 3

    Add wood chunks to BGE, more lump and set place setter. Stablize temp to 250d.

  4. 4

    Apply a mustard to pork butt

  5. 5

    Generously cover pork butt with dry Rub

  6. 6

    Once smoker is stabilized and white smoke has dissipated add water pan to smoker, then put pork butt on smoker.

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