First Smoke on new Smoker - piggy

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bryonstuder

Newbie
Original poster
Oct 6, 2009
9
10
Huntsville, AL
So I got this smoker up and running... wife decided a shoulder was a good victim and in her words "if it doesn't work, we can order Chinese food"...

Well it worked ok... consensus was to have it like a roast rork, sliced and not pulled. I rubbed it with a cubbard rub (whatever was on the shelf) loosley following a Carolina rub recipe Saturday night, let it sit all night. Sunday AM warmed up the smoker and had the meat on by 8:30 or so... Temp stayed at 225ish pretty steady all day. Once I figured where it should be set at. I put two oven thermometers (one above and one below the meat). Again, pretty consistant temps... I used a combination of Cherry and Apple wood. Adding fresh wood avery couple hours. I even left and went shopping for a couple hours...came back, steady temps.

Pulled it at an internal temp of 175, let it sit while we did the other stuff...and I sliced it. Kids even liked it
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Congrats it looks great
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Congrats on your first smoke and I'm really happy the whole family like it too. That means you can do a bunch more. You have the famlies approval so your good to go.
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Have to go out for your first smoke.
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Excellent first time out on the pork shoulder, and your home build smoker looks awesome... Keep us updated on the mods and any design improvements.
 
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