So here's how it went......
I started it in the oven at 4am and was able to get it outside on the smoker at 9 til half 1. Not quite as much as I'd have liked but hey ho, british weather and all that..
Here was just before the oven, 45mins after taking out from the fridge.
Smoker in action midway through the cook. I didn't take a pic when it came out the oven cuz I ran it straight outside lol!
I know its cheap gear but it does do the job and I didn't want to spend too much if I wasn't gonna get into it. (Better gear next year now i'm hooked)
Here's the firebox setup, Chip basket works quite nice as a charcoal basket. The wood chips in the foil packet weren't giving much smoke at first so i'd put the odd few right onto the coals. I'd be interested to hear tips for best wood chip use.
These little beauties worked out just fine. Plenty of salt, then put in the oven as pictured with another sheet of baking paper, another baking tray on top then an oven dish on top to weigh it down. 1hr at 200c, turning once, then crackling fingers are born!
And after 9.5hrs of cooking, it was done at 195f. Wrapped her up in plenty of foil for an hour before pulling.
After pulling a huge hunk of it with bear claws and getting eaten I realized I hadn't done a pic lol. To be completely honest, it wasn't as tender and melt-in-the-mouth as I thought it would be. I think partly because there wasn't as much fat through it as a proper butt cut would have had. But the bark was just the best pork I've ever eaten so was worth it just for that and there were certainly no complaints.
I forgot to take pics of it but I served up a homemade coleslaw to go with it on buns and of course some BBQ sauce. Gonna try homemade sauce sometime soon but stuck with bottled for now, Anybody in the UK looking for a great BBQ sauce can occasionally find Sweet Baby Rays in B&M stores. They don't always have it but when they do it's only £1.29 and is gorgous!
Any advice for future smokes based on what I did would only be appreciated and thanks for all the help and advice so far!!!