Scott,
Coming from a 1/2 Italian 1/2 Pollack, those look great! Your recipe looks great as well. Love that your daughter is helping. My son and daughter love to help me as well since they love to eat it !
Just a few things to pass on to you if you are interested. I'm very detailed and noticed the pounds and price of that pork, 7lbs for $20 which my math tells me $3 a pound which is WAY to much. I too am from Concord NC and have found a few places that you might be interested in to get your pork at a better price. There is a place not far from you called CRUSE MEATS in Rimer NC just off of Hwy 49 in the town of Rimer off of Gold Hill Road on Rimer Road I believe. They sell pork butts also and just pork and pork fat if your interested. They ONLY accept CASH as well so remember that when you go. It's a long way to find a bank from there! I noticed the "McDonald's T-Shirt" your daughter was wearing and thought, No that can't be and then looked where you were from!!! I go there a lot as well up near the Cabarrus Arena. Cruse is not that far from there! There is another place in Concord on Hwy 29 called the Stock Market. I bought a package of 2 Boston butts totaling 16 pounds for $28 which is about $1.69 a pound. I know everyone will say "don't buy the ones with the bone in them you get more meat." I get that, however at that price I'm still getting close to 15.6 lbs because I debone every piece of meat possible. I also bought some pork from the Stock Market with a small bone for my venison summer sausage and it was 6.3 lbs and I weighed it after I took the bone out, 6lbs... Can't really complain on that.
Good Smokin to ya and hope this information helps you... Tony