- May 9, 2010
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The evolution of a Cherry Dr Pepper infused pork shoulder with cherry rub and homemade Cherry Dr Pepper bbq sauce. One of my best, if not THE best pork shoulder I’ve done. I can’t say the injection was detectable. What really made the flavor shine was wrapping the pork shoulder in a foil pan at thee stall. I added half a can of Cherry Dr Pepper, some pats of butter, sprinkle of brown sugar, and some additional Heath Riles Cherry rub.
After I shredded the meat I separated the fat from the pan juice using an Oxo fat separator. I squirted about half the juice back in. I also shook in more Heath Riles Cherry rub and mixed until I got the taste where I wanted it. I think the reserved pan juices was what really helped this one shine. I haven’t wrapped in forever, but being able to reserve the pan juice may make me rethink that position. I did take the butt out of the pan and put back on the KJ for 30 mins or so at the end to form the bark back up. My wife agrees it’s one of my better ones but she did remark it didn’t quite have the bark as my no-wrap ones.
The cherry bbq sauce was very good too. I used Hey Grill Hey’s recipe from her cherry pork butt video, but I omitted the pitted cherries she used. Since I was using Heath Riles cherry rub it helped amp up that cherry flavor.
After I shredded the meat I separated the fat from the pan juice using an Oxo fat separator. I squirted about half the juice back in. I also shook in more Heath Riles Cherry rub and mixed until I got the taste where I wanted it. I think the reserved pan juices was what really helped this one shine. I haven’t wrapped in forever, but being able to reserve the pan juice may make me rethink that position. I did take the butt out of the pan and put back on the KJ for 30 mins or so at the end to form the bark back up. My wife agrees it’s one of my better ones but she did remark it didn’t quite have the bark as my no-wrap ones.
The cherry bbq sauce was very good too. I used Hey Grill Hey’s recipe from her cherry pork butt video, but I omitted the pitted cherries she used. Since I was using Heath Riles cherry rub it helped amp up that cherry flavor.
I noticed you scored the top, obviously you get more seasoning in there that way, any issue either those bits getting dry? Well done!
