Meat: 7 # Boston Butt ... part of a twin pack at $0.99 per pound
Rub: I leveraged this from somewhere on this board...my apologies for not giving them appropriate credit:
Smoking medium: Hickory Chunks, soaked for at least 1 hour in water. Some hickory chips, but definitely prefer the chunks.
Targeted 225 F.
Began Smoking at 5:30 AM. Maintained the temp for most of the duration, though a brief storm blew my fire out and had to restart. Fortunately, i was outside when this happened to catch it quickly. I don't recall the exact time but i double wrapped in foil at 160 F. This was about 7.5 hours later.
About 6 hours later i hit the 205 mark, and rested it for one hour in cooler. Upon opening of foil:
The bone pulled right out!
Pulled pork ... this was as good of pork as i've ever eaten, especially when fresh!
Close up:
Flavor was great and well received. Not sure how to get more bark, but it was dang good what was there! Thanks to this forum for helping me out!
Rub: I leveraged this from somewhere on this board...my apologies for not giving them appropriate credit:
- 1/4 cup paprika
- 2 Tbs black pepper
- 1 Tbs lemon pepper
- 1 Tbs ground cumin
- 1 Tbs garlic powder
- 1 Tbs onion powder
- 1 tsp cayenne, chipotle, or chili powder
- 1/2 tsp ground sage
Smoking medium: Hickory Chunks, soaked for at least 1 hour in water. Some hickory chips, but definitely prefer the chunks.
Targeted 225 F.
Began Smoking at 5:30 AM. Maintained the temp for most of the duration, though a brief storm blew my fire out and had to restart. Fortunately, i was outside when this happened to catch it quickly. I don't recall the exact time but i double wrapped in foil at 160 F. This was about 7.5 hours later.
About 6 hours later i hit the 205 mark, and rested it for one hour in cooler. Upon opening of foil:
The bone pulled right out!
Pulled pork ... this was as good of pork as i've ever eaten, especially when fresh!
Close up:
Flavor was great and well received. Not sure how to get more bark, but it was dang good what was there! Thanks to this forum for helping me out!
