Pics of Poppers & Butts!

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texomakid

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Hey gang, decided to cook the rest of a pork butt I deboned a while back and figured I'd try and get some post worthy pics.
I had already cut a couple of steaks off of this butt after I deboned it. Nothing new or earth shattering, just a light primary layer of Killer Hogs AP rub followed up by a generous coat of Killer Hogs BBQ rub. Man, that color is not filtered in any way.
Loaded the Yoder with Lumberjack 100% Oak (first time using this particular type of pellet) and locked in @ 275°.
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Decided to make a few poppers. They were BOMB!
Jalapeños, cream cheese, shredded mild cheddar, minced grilled chicken thighs (leftovers), Heath Riles Chicken Rub wrapped in bacon.
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So we went 6 hours in the smoke and had reached a temp around 175°.
I opted for the foil pan method today just because it's easy and it works.
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Couple more hours and it reached an IT around 210° and was probing like hot butter!
about an hour of rest and time to give it the old taste test!
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Man, it smelled so good. a quick pull and I ate a plate full of pulled pork!
Paper plate money shot!
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In the words of Matt Pittman, I ain't mad at it!
I've only done a few pork butts and to be honest, I'd never even heard of pulled pork until maybe 15 years ago.
This stuff is so good. Mixed the meat with a few different sauces but it was really good with no sauce.
The 100% oak pellets from Lumberjack ran steady temp wise and gave these items a wonderful aroma and a nice layer of smoke.
I'll be buying more of these pellets.

Hope everyone had a great Weeknd!

THUNDER UP!!!!!!!
 
Thanks gang for the likes and kind words. I had planned to seal and freeze some of the pork butt for down the road but by early afternoon we had feed several friends and neighbors and it was gone.

Working on my plating skills :emoji_laughing:

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Looks like it turned out really good. By thunder up do you mean OKC? If so I agree hope they put Indiana away!
Yes sir! OKC Thunder! Very exciting to see them in the NBA Finals again!

Hope everyone has an awesome week!
 
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