Newbie pulled pork question

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Usmc7687

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Jun 22, 2018
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Hello from Pittsburgh PA!

Second go at making pulled pork, this time smoking two 9 lb butts for the wife’s baby shower on Sunday at 1pm. Keeping that in mind looking for insight and suggestions on how to keep the pulled pork for Sunday. Looking to smoke them tomarrow with my masterbuilt electric smoker at 225!
 
Thinking about starting them 6 pm Saturday hoping to be done 7am Sunday . Going to wrap and place in cooler with towels and shred at noon Sunday?
 
Just smoke them today & when they are done pull the meat & cool it down, make sure to save the juices.
Refrigerate them until Sunday morning, then there are several ways to reheat them, crock pot, oven, SV machine.
Make sure you save the juice & add it to the pulled pork when you reheat it. Also I would suggest you use a finishing sauce after it's warmed back up. There are several floating around, but the majority of us use this one.

SoFlaQ’uers finishing sauce

1 Cup Cider Vinegar
2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
1 Teaspoon Tony Chachere's Cajun Seasoning
1 Teaspoon Course Black Pepper
1 Teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes

Warm the Vinegar up enough so that it dissolves the Sugar well. Then add the remaining ingredients.

I use it in one of those clear Ketchup bottles you can get from Wally World for about $0.99. Snip a little bit larger hole out of the spout with a pair of scissors. Once all your ingredients are mixed together, put your finger over the top, and shake vigorously.

Randomly squirt this over warm freshly pulled Pork, then kind of mix it up with gloved hands. This adds very little heat (despite the Red Pepper) and mellows out the stronger, gamier parts of the Shoulder. The Vinegar also helps break it down even more for some REAL juicy pork.

Personally, I eat it just like that, but your guests can add whatever "Q sauce they prefer once it's on their plates or bun!

Hope this helps,
Al
 
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Here's what I would do after the butts are cooked and rested I would pull put them in a crock pot or roaster oven and then into the fridge. About 3 hours before eating time I would re-heat slowly you can add a bit of apple juice if you need additional moisture. From my own personal experience have never had to.
 
Thinking about starting them 6 pm Saturday hoping to be done 7am Sunday . Going to wrap and place in cooler with towels and shred at noon Sunday?

Well if that is your plan then that will work for sure, although they may fool you & take longer & you might just have the timing right to have them done right before the party. I mis-read your original post & thought you were smoking them today. They will stay hot in the cooler for several hours, or you can use a 170 degree oven too. But I would still use the finishing sauce, it takes the PP to the next level.
Good luck,
Al
 
Just smoked 2 butts the same size in my MES30 and even at 275F it was a 24hr smoke so heads up. Reheating PP is very forgiving and even nuking works but the ideas above are basically what I'd do (specifically 170F oven). I've been smoking butts for last few weeks for daughter's grad party 7/7 and have got a process down but the key for me has been an overnight rest in the fridge UNCOVERED to develop good bark. I had little to no bark without this step. Omit this if you are not into bark. I agree you typically need a finishing sauce (we like Chef JJ's) but I've been injecting that last few and very happy with the results and no need for a finish doing that. Use some restraint if using finish sauce, a little goes a long way and easy to overdo. Congrats on the new addition to the family!
 
Thanks all, thinking I will just start tomarrow 7am to give myself extra time and see what happens! definatly will use the finishing sauce.
 
I use a mustard style BBQ Sauce as my finishing sauce. Just enough to reheat and not dry out..or just add BBQ sauce to it. P.P. is pretty forgiving on reheating.
 
And we are off!!
 

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205 at 16 hours, shredded and paned for tomarrow. Thanks gents for the advice, tastes fantastic!!

Will reheat in the am for 1pm!
 
Congrats! Man, I had to do 5-6 before they looked like that and they always seem to take longer than most guys. Not sure if you have already heard of it or have it but check out the AMNPS if you don't want to feed wood chips every 30m.
 
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