This is my first time smoking a whole shoulder. I've smoked countless butts, just never the whole shoulder. With the meat situation, I could either get a boneless pork butt, or a bone in full shoulder. What's the point of boneless Q, right? It's a 10.5 lb shoulder, so I have no idea how long it will take at 250, we'll find out.
I'm also using a new rub for the first time, Pork Barrel BBQ All American Seasoning and Rub. You can find it on Amazon. I will say I've made my own rub quite a few times early on, but I prefer the convenience of just grabbing the bottle out of the spice rack. And the rubs I made tended to clump up in storage. So commercial it is. The reviews on Amazon look good overall, but there are quite a few complaints about too much salt, and no sugar. No sugar is one of the reasons I decided to try it out. I'm diabetic, and I need to control the sugar wherever I can. (Thank you Stubbs for providing a good, low sugar sauce too!)
Here's a couple of early picks, I'll post more with results tonight or tomorrow.
I'm also using a new rub for the first time, Pork Barrel BBQ All American Seasoning and Rub. You can find it on Amazon. I will say I've made my own rub quite a few times early on, but I prefer the convenience of just grabbing the bottle out of the spice rack. And the rubs I made tended to clump up in storage. So commercial it is. The reviews on Amazon look good overall, but there are quite a few complaints about too much salt, and no sugar. No sugar is one of the reasons I decided to try it out. I'm diabetic, and I need to control the sugar wherever I can. (Thank you Stubbs for providing a good, low sugar sauce too!)
Here's a couple of early picks, I'll post more with results tonight or tomorrow.