I have a big dinner party planned for this saturday and plan on smoking a pair of pork butts, the question is, how much will i lose by smoking them on friday? Honestly, id prefer to do it thursday as i dont know how much stuff ill have to do going into friday. I know ideally i should start it late friday night and have it ready for saturday but i just dont trust it enough as theyre very large butts (think sir mix-a-lot). So i have to do it during friday at the latest, what are the best ways to keep it from drying it out/prepping it on saturday to make the most of it? Should i pull it, tupperware it, then saturday throw it in the crockpot?