My first pulled pork was a hit....

[jrd]

I have been asking a lot of questions here and I wanted to thank the forum members for their help.

My first pulled pork was a huge success! Everyone loved it and they went on and on about how good it was. I say "was" because there is not one fragment left.

Here it is out of the foil after sitting wrapped in a blanket in a cooler for an hour. It was juicy and the flavor......oh well, you know



It just fell apart.



And here is how I presented it. Plan and simple



Thanks again for all the help.

John

 

[ronp]

Great job and great results man.

 

[scpatterson]

Hell yeah!!!!!!! That looks great man...I will even drop some points...Nice queu view as well

 

[jbw]

Looks great for your first pulled pork.

 

[mballi3011]

Man oh Man thats a great job on the pulled pork it looks like it came out really good and tastey too.

 

[treegje]

Man that look good

 

[smokin-jim]

Nice job. The bark looks good. What temp did you take it too? I bet it tasted excellent.

 

[jrd]

Smokin Jim, and all, this is what I did.

At 4:00 p.m. the night prior, I rubbed the meat with yellow mustard and a pork rub. I wrapped it and placed it in the fridge overnight. In the morning I lit the fire at 3:30 a.m. and the pit was up to temp (225) at 4:30 a.m. I used lump hardwood charcol and hickory and apple wood for the smoke. Once the internal temp of the meat hit 100 I began spraying it with apple juice ever hour. I wanted to wait until the IT hit 165 to go to foil, but the weather was horrible and I was freezing, so, with the advice of some on the forum, I went to foil at 145 and placed it in the oven at 250 degrees until the IT hit 195. I then wrapped it in a blanket and placed it in a cooler and let it sit for an hour before I pulled it. I had guests coming at 6:30 and I got it done just before they arrived.

I would have loved to do the entire thing on the smoker, but with the weather (28 degrees), and the schedule I had to keep, (Dinner Guest Arriving at 6:30 p.m.) I went to the oven

My wife is still going on this morning about how good it was. Now she wants me to do some ribs.

Yep, I think I'm hooked.

Thanks for the compliments guys and thanks again for all the help!
John

 

[bassman]

You did some fine looking pork! Now you know why I do at least two at once. It's just my wife and I so I always have a good stock in the freezer. Just wait until you try pulled pork burritos!

 

[gene111]

looks good!!

 

[jak757]

Excellent job! That looks so juicy and tasty -- congrats on your first pulled pork.

I learned something valuable from you. Do two!! :-)

 

[murman]

That is a winner in my book. I think you stayed cool and calm by using the oven. Stress does not lead to good Que.

 

[cajunsmoke13]

Nice looking PP...