Pre-Easter Smoke: Pork Shoulder

[couger78]

Not everyone in my household is a fan of the traditional Easter dish of roasted leg of lamb (

), so in order to please the tribe, I decided to smoke a pork shoulder & serve pulled pork sandwiches as well.

I got the shoulder rubbed well with my traditional pork rub & placed it into the MB X-Wide @ 225°F.

I'm trying for the first time my new toy: the A-maze-n tube smoker. I have Todd's 2 other models (pellet amazen & dust amazen), but this is the maiden voyage with the tube. Using his 'Pitmaster's Blend' pellets.

About 4 hours into the smoke: getting some good color....

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• couger78
• Mar 30, 2013

The tube smoker is doing great. Plenty of smoke at a nice even rate...

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• couger78
• Mar 30, 2013

More to come...

Kevin

 

[jp61]

Coming along nicely!

 

[bama bbq]

Sometimes I enjoy a shoulder vs a butt for pulled pork.  Nice choice and good looking cook.

 

[mike5017]

Looking awesome so far!

 

[seenred]

Lookin' good so far!  Keep us updated.

 

[pineywoods]

Looks like a great start and I like the look of that smoke coming from the tube smoker. I have Todd's other models but not the tube smoker looks like I need to get one tho

 

[couger78]

So this ol' shoulder took a good deal longer to hit 190°F than anticipated. It hit the 174°F mark & stalled for a while. After nearly 11.5 hours, it hit 185°F so I pulled it, wrapped it in saran & foil & let it continue to rest & ride up to 190°F.

Last night pic of the finished shoulder:

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• couger78
• Mar 31, 2013

Next day, time for some shredding:

It pulled rather easy without too much give (no rubbery-ness). Great tasting bark and evident smoke ring.

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• couger78
• Mar 31, 2013

Taste? Very sweet meat & the rub gives it a nice KICK!

Moist and smokey, add a dab of your favorite BBQ sauce & this should make some killer Easter PP sandwiches!

I'm very impressed with the new Amazen tube smoker too. It really excelled in the MasterBuilt Gasser (low air flow) environment.

It added an outstanding smokey (not harsh or bitter) flavor to this shoulder.

Kevin

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• couger78
• Mar 31, 2013

 

[jp61]

  Couger78, everything you make looks picture perfect, including this shoulder.

 

[couger78]

  Couger78, everything you make looks picture perfect, including this shoulder.

Thanks, Joe!

One of the joys of making smoked pork butt or shoulder is you really have to try hard to screw it up!

Kevin

 

[driedstick]

Cougar that looks great, I wish I could get a weekend free to smoke, 3 more weekends tied up with Archery, kids ect. then will be time to smoke again - great Job thanks for the post.