- Mar 8, 2020
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The meat turns out amazing taste-wise but the appearance is not what I'm looking for and why can't I get a bark on the pork shoulder? I cook it at 250° and I can't get a bark
I am using brown sugar based rubHow are you preparing it? Are you using a rub with some type of sugar in it? Sugar caramelizing is usually how the bark develops.
So I want the internal temperature at 205? And I want to be cooking it at 250° correct? I am not wrapping it and I read not to Spritz because that will stop it from getting a bark...Are you wrapping? What are you using as a rub? Do you spritz? Give us more detail. If you are cooking at 250F to an internal temp around 205F you should have bark.
Will the 205 temperature make it easier to shred???Yes, you want to the IT to be around 205° by the end of the smoke if you plan on pulling it. I spritz with either apple juice, or a mixture of juice and apple cider vinegar. You should still get a good bark if you're smoking unwrapped. My shoulders are 8-9 lbs on average, and at 250° it should take 8-14 hours. Webmaster Jeff has a technique where you can smoke at 300°, and it cuts the time down to 5-7 hours for me, but I tend to wrap after the IT hits 165° when I do it that way, to keep in more moisture.
Any tips on prepping the meat? I spoke a little too soon and it didnt really have a good taste...had to season it afterwards smh...Yes, it'll be close to falling apart tender at that point. To help it even more, you want to wrap it in foil after taking it off the smoker, then place in an empty cooler and insulate it in towels for a couple hours to rest. It will still be hot when you take it out to pull it.
BTW, there were many closet Chiefs fans in Seahawk country during that last Superbowl.
I didnt see the recipe, forgive my ignorance I'm new to this forum stuffSee the shoulder recipe in the sig below...
Look right below, at the bottom part of this reply on the line labeled 'Recipes'. click on "Your 1st Butt"I didnt see the recipe, forgive my ignorance I'm new to this forum stuff