So, this weekend, my older brother and I faced off in a smoking competition. He brought his best Texas-style, I brought my best Carolina-style, and we faced off over pulled pork. Granted, using Carolina style gave me a bit of an edge here, but my brother has several years worth of experience more than me.
In the end, however, the competition was a tie. I'll take that.
We also made some ribs. I stuck with pork ribs, my brother went beef.
For both the pork shoulder and the ribs I used a smoked paprika and mustard powder dry rub. Used both charcoal and Hickory. Didn't need to wrap them. Every hour, gave them a nice spray with some apple cider vinegar.
I'm a little irritated that I didn't get a shot of the Boston Butt as it came out of the smoker. It was gorgeous and smelled fantastic. It was 8-1/4 pounds and I had it in the smoker a little over 8.5 hours. Fell apart perfectly when I was shredding it. Gave it a nice coating with a simple apple cider/brown sugar/salt-and-pepper finishing sauce.
As for the baby-back ribs, with a good dry rub, smoked for 3-1/2 hours:
I've got the bug now, that's for sure.
P.S. It was also the inaugural run of my new Dyna-Glo smoker.
In the end, however, the competition was a tie. I'll take that.
We also made some ribs. I stuck with pork ribs, my brother went beef.
For both the pork shoulder and the ribs I used a smoked paprika and mustard powder dry rub. Used both charcoal and Hickory. Didn't need to wrap them. Every hour, gave them a nice spray with some apple cider vinegar.
I'm a little irritated that I didn't get a shot of the Boston Butt as it came out of the smoker. It was gorgeous and smelled fantastic. It was 8-1/4 pounds and I had it in the smoker a little over 8.5 hours. Fell apart perfectly when I was shredding it. Gave it a nice coating with a simple apple cider/brown sugar/salt-and-pepper finishing sauce.
As for the baby-back ribs, with a good dry rub, smoked for 3-1/2 hours:
I've got the bug now, that's for sure.
P.S. It was also the inaugural run of my new Dyna-Glo smoker.
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