Pulled Pork for my dad's 76th birthday party (updated with fire damage and yard work pictures) added

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jrod62

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My dad will turn 76 on sunday April 22 so we are having a "work day party"


We will all get together at his place and do yard work , cut wood and fill his wood shed for next year.


and any thing else he needs done. So I'm making PP,  Dutch wicked bake beans, then tomorrow making pork shots.



got two butts from Walmart.





I like smoking them in a pan that way it catches all the juice and it make clean up in the smoker easy.





here im starting with 12 briquets in the chimney starter






only way to start the briquets
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Loaded my basket with 16LBS of briquets and some hickory. will find out how long that will last in my UDS.


This is the first long smoke in it and the first time using briquets in it. I used some lump before and it lasted forever.





started with some white smoke then it settle down to some good TBS





Got the butts on at 7AM. so will update when they come off.
 
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Everything looks and sounds really nice! I wish your father a very Happy Birthday! Hope everything goes well with your smoke!
 
Everything looks and sounds really nice! I wish your father a very Happy Birthday! Hope everything goes well with your smoke!
Thanks , just mix up "Dutch's Wicked Baked Beans" will go in the smoker with the chicken i'm doing for dinner.

will post pic. when I get them on the computer.   
 
Sounds like a great way to spend the day wish your Dad a Happy Birthday for us
 
I agree, sounds like a great day. ...and a great menu.  Congrats on his birthday!
Thanks, we always have a great time on these "work days" getting everyone together.

we have 4 young strong boys ( early 20's) to do all the hard work.
Sounds like a great way to spend the day wish your Dad a Happy Birthday for us
Thanks, it is great way to spend the day. and I will wish him "Happy Birthday" from you.
 
Do you guys find any difference in taste from the FOIL PANS??

Do you reuse them? Pretty cheap to buy I guesss

I could get the bear claws out and have it serve up in the same pan lol

Yeah it sure would make clean up easier hahahah

Foil always does

Mike
 
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Do you guys find any difference in taste from the FOIL PANS??   no, I have done side by side butts, one in pan and one no pan, the bark was about the same. I will defat the juice and

put the juice back in the PP after its all pulled apart.

Do you reuse them? Pretty cheap to buy I guesss no we don't, they are just a $1.00 for any size at the the store in town.

I could get the bear claws out and have it serve up in the same pan lol that will work , like i said defat the juice and put it right back in.

Yeah it sure would make clean up easier hahahah no mess in the smoker and when its done just grab the pan and take it in the house.

Foil always does

Mike
 
 Our local Sam's club has 1/2 size steam-table pans (pretty large pan) @ about $6.50 for 40 pans. That makes them pretty cheap, but I still reuse them in that I like

to double pan them for extra leak protection. The outermost pan gets smokey, the innermost pan gets reused as the outer pan next time with a new pan for the food.

 There are several ways to defat pan-drippings. They make a separator that's like a pitcher with the spout coming off at the bottom. When the fat stratifies you can pour off the juices and leave the fat. If I have the time I usually pour the juices into a pitcher I use just for this, Set it in the fridge and peel off the fat when it solidifies. If you don't have that much time, Any container for it to settle in then skim the grease off the top. When it gets nearly gone you can lay a piece of paper towel on the surface and quickly remove it along with what fat it absorbed.

 Chuck
 
NICE  Great info as one would expect.\

Do you just pour the juicy juice back over the pork and mixx it back in?> Anyone add anything to it??

Mike
 
Looking forward to seeing the finish 

It was late sunday night by time we got home. So I didn't have time to put the pictures on yet.
The PP turn out great. Took 17 1/2 hours to get done. End up putting it in the oven at 11pm.
set my Mavrick to go off when the butt reach 205 and went to bed. We had to get up at five.
Its a 2 hour drive to my dads and we had a lot of yard work to do up there.
Got home around 10 Sunday night and my sister calls me . My dad just called her and told her his house
Is on FIRE !!!!!. his house is out of town on some back roads. Someone was driving by seen the fire.
Got my dad out the house and he was able to get the fire out. Before we did all the yard work that day
You could not see the house from the road. We cut all the trees and brush down in front of the house that day.
the fire was just starting when the guy drove by and seen it. If the trees was still there i dont think he would have seen it.
Bird nest is what started it. It was by the porch light.
I will add pictures tonight after work .
 
Wow!.... I'm sorry to hear that, but it's good that your father is OK. Looking forward to your pics.
 
Glad it turned out nicely for the day, but the fire at your dad's house, not good. Happy to hear someone saw it and got him out safely and I hope there wasn't much damage. 

Thanks, its always a good time when we all get together. Got a lot work done that day.
His wood shed is full again. As far as the fire we will just have to replace some siding
wire and some plywood. We was just lucky that guy drove by when he did and was able
To get it out quickly. The fire department came out and made sure the fire was all out .
Got a feeling the guy that stop and the fire department will be getting some good BBQ off my
Smoker real soon :grilling_smilie:
 
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here the butts after 10 hours

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pulled it in the morning after resting for 3 hours

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Bear-view

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made some "Dutch wicked bean"

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I don't eat beans so wife wanted the stuff chop up nice and fine. here some green peppers

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onions

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bacon

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the Butts was on the UDS . put the beans and some chicken on my other smoker

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Beans all done . smoke for about 3 hours. everyone loved them.

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come back later and I will have the "work day" pictures and the fire pictures.
 
Now that's some good looking chow! Very nice work! I've been wanting to make Dutch's beans for awhile now and since I have 15lbs of belly curing, it shouldn't be long before I make them beans.
 
 
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 above, the Birthday boy . below: damage from the fire . good thing someone seen it right away and stop  got

my dad out of the house and put the fire out before it spread

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this is the front of the house were the fire started ( the light by front door)

we cut down all the brush that you see on the left. It cover the whole front of the house and you could not see

the house from the road.

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here a close up (crop from the picture above) you can see the bird nest.

just wish I would have seen it when we was working

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my brother-in-law going to town on all that brush

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my son and my sister pulling all the brush out of the way

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this is the pile that was cut down from in front of the house.

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 my brother and his boys using the log spliter

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my son and nephew  filling up the wood shed

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this should get my dad through next winter

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my brother on the wood spliter and me with the chain saw

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make some pork shots to for some snacks

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my dad had open heart surgery few months ago and had a valve replace.

nurse said the used a horse valve. he was grumpy when he came out of surgery

so i said it must have been a Jackass valve.
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he though it was funny, kick me out of the will but said it was funny
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this is what he get to look at every morning
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well thanks for looking .
 
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