Pork Shoulder

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redheelerdog

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Picked up an 8+lb. Pork Shoulder last night at Albertsons. Got a little brine going with water, apple juice, cider vinegar, salt, garlic powder, paprika, mustard powder, onion powder and a little cayenne and liquid smoke.

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Gave him injections of the brine, rolled him around, injected, rolled, injected, rolled, etc…

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He camped out overnight on the porch at 25F.

Today I invited him in to he kitchen and dried him off with a towel.

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Built a rub of: pepper, onion powder, paprika, mustard powder, cayenne and garlic powder.

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Rubbed him all over and made him happy.

Years ago my brother in-law gave me 2 bagel boards, one of the best gifts ever, been using them for BBQ ever since.

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Here’s my modded MES 30, drilled a hole for exterior temp gage, installed a 3/16” steel plate from the pistol range as a heat/smoke diffuser to compensate for the MES hot spot.

Patiently waiting on my A-MAZE-N smoker, I heard there is one coming around the 25[sup]th[/sup] of this month! For this Butt were going to have to make due with the MES.

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Apple chips for this one… Cabelas had them on sale.

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My thermocouple is an UEi Industrial model with dual I/O. Extra brine for basting…

I plan on going around 16 to 20 hrs on this one at a MES setting of 210F to 230F. More to come...

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I bet it will turn out pretty dang good.

Cant wait
 
Looking good...Out of curiousity, why inject Liquid Smoke into that which will be Smoked?...I have done that on a Butt when it was Too Cold to go outside and smoke...JJ
 
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YTour off to a great start now we will all wait right here for the next round of q-view. 
 
He is getting close...

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Pulled him after ~20hrs - IT 190F...

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Wrap him up...

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True meaning of "In like a house cat"

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Finishing sauce is next...
 
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