Living in Alaska, I have had to make many compromises over the years but was astounded yesterday when I went to our local grocer to purchase a pork butt or shoulder for pulled pork this weekend only to discover the only thing available was one very small, and ugly looking piece of pork shoulder which had been removed from the bone (about 3 pounds). Upon inquiry, I found out that they do not have much call for anything else so they do not stock it locally. They did have a nice looking pork sirloin roast. Wwhich was $1.00 per pound cheaper than the ugly piece of shoulder, if you purchased it in the "Primal Pack" which amounts to 3, 5-6 pound roasts in a package.
I went ahead and picked one of these up figuring it will inevitably get used anyway ( still learning and willing to try and smoke almost anything).
My question is.... can I obtain the same texture for pulled pork using the pork sirloin instead of using pork butt or shoulder and do I still figure on about 1.5 hours per pound for the smoke?
Any insight would be appreciated.
I went ahead and picked one of these up figuring it will inevitably get used anyway ( still learning and willing to try and smoke almost anything).
My question is.... can I obtain the same texture for pulled pork using the pork sirloin instead of using pork butt or shoulder and do I still figure on about 1.5 hours per pound for the smoke?
Any insight would be appreciated.