Wife invited her team over for a Party and they requested Pulled Pork, but we have a couple vegitarians in the group so I thought it would be nice to accomodate them and tried some Tofu on the smoker.
$1.57 a LB good price right now. Bought 3, only needed two for this party.
Using my version of Jeff's Rub, rubbed and wrapped them up for a night in the fridge.
Made up some Moinks for apps. Used ground beef & mild itailan sausage for the meatball, wrapped that around some cheese cubes. ran out of bacon for last few.
For the Veg Heads bought some tofu. I pressed it then brined it in a mixture of salt, old bay, and brown sugar.
Started the shoulder on Thursday night for a Friday party. Got them on about 7:30 pm. Of course it started raining about midnight. Hasn't rained here in over a month. Now I know how to green my grass back up, just try an overnight smoke! Fought the good fight till about 2am before bringing in the house and placing in the roaster oven. So 6.5 hours in the smoke.
Friday it is nice again. Put the moinks on for a solid 3 hour smoke before the party.
Tofu out of the brine, rubbed with my version of Jeff's rub.
Moinks are done, time to start munching!
Had the shoulder in the roaster oven from 2am till 3pm, then wrapped in foil and into the cooler for a nice long rest. As you can see nice smoke ring, bone came out clean.
Smoked the Tofu for about 2 hours. Brushed some Sweet Baby Rays on it 45 min before the end.
No smoke ring, but who know's but was firm, and nice crunch on outside between rub and sauce. I thought it was too salty, but the veg heads sure ate it all. They really liked it. If I was to make it again, I would skip the salt in the brine, would just use the Old Bay and brown sugar. Also would only smoke for an hour instead of 2. Was fun to try something different, and they really appreciated the effort to accomodate them.
Now for the payoff. The pork was juciy and tasty. Wasn't much left. One guy must not eat at home, he went back 4 times for more.
Little Bear view for you.
Overall PP very good, Moinks Great, Tofu needs adujsting. But that is why we do this right? To try out new things.
Thanks All for Looking.
$1.57 a LB good price right now. Bought 3, only needed two for this party.
Using my version of Jeff's Rub, rubbed and wrapped them up for a night in the fridge.
Made up some Moinks for apps. Used ground beef & mild itailan sausage for the meatball, wrapped that around some cheese cubes. ran out of bacon for last few.
For the Veg Heads bought some tofu. I pressed it then brined it in a mixture of salt, old bay, and brown sugar.
Started the shoulder on Thursday night for a Friday party. Got them on about 7:30 pm. Of course it started raining about midnight. Hasn't rained here in over a month. Now I know how to green my grass back up, just try an overnight smoke! Fought the good fight till about 2am before bringing in the house and placing in the roaster oven. So 6.5 hours in the smoke.
Friday it is nice again. Put the moinks on for a solid 3 hour smoke before the party.
Tofu out of the brine, rubbed with my version of Jeff's rub.
Moinks are done, time to start munching!
Had the shoulder in the roaster oven from 2am till 3pm, then wrapped in foil and into the cooler for a nice long rest. As you can see nice smoke ring, bone came out clean.
Smoked the Tofu for about 2 hours. Brushed some Sweet Baby Rays on it 45 min before the end.
No smoke ring, but who know's but was firm, and nice crunch on outside between rub and sauce. I thought it was too salty, but the veg heads sure ate it all. They really liked it. If I was to make it again, I would skip the salt in the brine, would just use the Old Bay and brown sugar. Also would only smoke for an hour instead of 2. Was fun to try something different, and they really appreciated the effort to accomodate them.
Now for the payoff. The pork was juciy and tasty. Wasn't much left. One guy must not eat at home, he went back 4 times for more.
Little Bear view for you.
Overall PP very good, Moinks Great, Tofu needs adujsting. But that is why we do this right? To try out new things.
Thanks All for Looking.
