BBQ Butt in Big Canoe – Free Green Eggs for Some IBA Clients
Living in the North Georgia mountains, specifically in Big Canoe, I get to enjoy the natural beauty of the Appalachian mountains, the incredible change of color in the autumn leaves, abundant wildlife, slower pace of life……and BBQ, specifically pork butt. Pork butt is the meat of choice for BBQ lovers in this neck of the woods, and according to me, the ONLY way to cook a pork butt properly is slow cooking on a Green Egg.
First, let me give a tip of the hat to the folks that created the Green Egg, http://biggreenegg.com. A Green Egg is essentially a ceramic slow cooker/smoker based on an ancient design called a kamado. While the Green Egg is capable of searing a juicy steak at very high temperatures, in my opinion the true beauty of this cooker is its ability to evenly slow cook a 7 pound pork butt for 10 hours. Anyone can cook a steak, cooking good BBQ is a whole different ball game.
What’s funny is I owned my Green Egg when we lived in Duluth, Ga (a suburb in metro Atlanta), and my BBQ butt was good. It was really tasty. But there must be some synergistic effect created by smoking my pork butt up here in Big Canoe…up here in the foothills on the Appalachians. Maybe it’s all in the scenery. Maybe it’s because I can’t hear any traffic noise or other distractions. Maybe it’s just the clear, clean mountain air. For whatever reason, my roasted pork butt tastes better than ever.
So, to add to my Amenities and Activities section our blog, I thought I would add a simple recipe for BBQ pork butt. Here it is:
- Get a Green Egg! (you’ll love it!)
- Buy a 5-7 pound pork butt (bone in)
- Rub yellow mustard over the entire butt
- Place fat side up over a drip pan
- Don’t oversmoke it, a few chunks of hickory will suffice
- Cook for 9-11 hours at 220-260
- Slice it or pull it, add whatever BBQ sauce you like!
This could also be done in a gas grill, but you really have to be careful about keeping the temperature low. Plus, you probably deserve a Green Egg, so treat yourself, and go get one. It’ll work better. Another alternative is…
So how does all this tie-in with real estate sales in Big Canoe? Here’s the deal:
- Clients that sign on with IBA and purchase a home through IBA prior to April 1st, 2008 are eligible to receive a complimentary Green Egg cooker courtesy of IBA Mountain Homes.
- We feel everyone that moves to the mountains should have the same opportunity to enjoy delicious BBQ!
- Of course, some limitations and conditions exist, so contact IBA for more information or call us at (770) 655-4303.
- Wouldn’t you rather be cooking your BBQ in the mountains?
February 20th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
[...] I have blogged about this before, but some recent events have swayed me to follow-up on the topic of web based marketing for North Georgia, specifically in the mountain community of Big Canoe. You can read the previous article regarding web based real estate marketing for Big Canoe here. My point tonight is about the size of the net that we cast to attract visitors to our web site. We write a lot of articles on our blog – some people find some of them of interest while others may wonder why we ever wrote an article about that particular subject. I fully realized when I wrote the article about cooking BBQ in the North Georgia mountains that it would not interest everyone. Not everyone is interested in a North Georgia cabin resale. We realize this, but we still write the stories. Let me explain why by way of example. [...]
March 22nd, 2008 at 9:08 pm
[...] I like Ingles a lot becuse I don’t have to cross 515 to get there. Like Kroger, it has a deli, bakery, pharmacy and video rental. The produce section carries less than Kroger but is still very stocked and fresh. The meat and produce section is wonderful and they run some nice sales. One example is the time they had Boston Butts on sale for 88 cents per pound. (That makes for a happy Green Egg!) I have never been disappointed with any meats from Ingles. The aisles are wide, easy to read, not overstocked, and well organized. I have waited in line there more than at Kroger but the help is friendly. [...]
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