Anniversary Pork Butt!

[medic92]

Today is my tenth wedding anniversary.  While out running around I picked up a nine pound pork shoulder at $1.49/lb.  It's rubbed and ready to go tomorrow.  I think I'm going to use the Brinkmann vertical smoker on this one and see if it holds temperature a little better now that it's a little warmer than ten degrees.  Pictures will start in the morning.

 

[oldschoolbbq]

Good luck on the smoke , and I'll brew some Coffee and watch . . .

 

[sota d]

Congrats on your anniversary! Your audience is building-I'm in too! See ya tomorrow, David.

 

[medic92]

Pork butt is rubbed and on the smoker.  I'm using a mix of pecan and apple wood, smoking at 275 since we celebrated our anniversary well into the night and I got a bit of a late start this morning. 

butt.jpg

• medic92
• Mar 20, 2015

 

[gary s]

Congrats on the 10,   Butt looks good

Gary

 

[sota d]

Looking good Medic, keep em coming. :-)

 

[medic92]

About 3 1/2 hours into the cook...although it's performing just fine I'm realizing I honestly don't care for the vertical smoker.  I think I'll give it to my neighbor after this butt's done.

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• medic92
• Mar 20, 2015

 

[gary s]

Looking Good ,   What is it you don't like about your smoker ?

gary

 

[sota d]

Doesn't seem to be anything wrong with that smoker-the shoulder is looking real good! I'm curious too what it is you don't care for. David.

 

[chewmeister]

Happy anniversary Medic, and many more. Don't give up on that vertical smoker just yet. Good looking pork shoulder there.

 

[medic92]

I just don't care for the setup for the most part.  Like I said, there's nothing wrong with the vertical smoker, I just prefer using my offset.  :)

 

[b-one]

Happy happy anniversary! Nice looking butt:biggrin:
I wish I was your neighbor!

 

[medic92]

Finally finished!  After a one hour rest, this is what I had:

finished.jpg

• medic92
• Mar 20, 2015

And here's the final product, pulled and ready to eat:

pulled.jpg

• medic92
• Mar 20, 2015

 

[b-one]

Looks great!

 

[one eyed jack]

Looks plenty edible to me. 

 

[gary s]

Nice Job,   Looks Good

Gary

 

[disco]

Perfect pulled pork!

Disco

 

[medic92]

It was decent but I don't think the quality of the pork was very good.  I think I'll stick with getting mine from the meat locker and paying a little more.