Pork suggestions...

Hi SmokeMack,

I would recommend Pork Butts for your first try at pork.

It's hard to mess up a Butt, unless you don't cook it long enough to get to temp.

Check out the Pork forums and you will find plenty of recipes and techniques for making pulled pork.

You will also find some pictures that may cause you to damage your keyboard and or monitor with bite marks and drooling. :P

 

I agree, get a Pork Butt, salt, pepper, garlic seasoning. put in the smoker, let it get up to temp, spray it often, wrap it in foil, let it finish.

 

Yep, as they said.

Scroll down a little bit, and you'll find a treasure trove of methods and recipes.

Look for threads marked Pork Shoulder, Pork Picnic, Boston Butt, or Pulled Pork for great tips.

 

Pork Butts are always a good suggestion! Just remember it won't pull til the 190-200 area, so get comfortable for a long smoke, but that's half the fun.

 

Since this is your 1st butt, keep the seasoning simple. that way you get a feel of the taste of the meat. After you get the technique down, then you can start adding the injections, and fancy complex rubs. Take my word for it though, salt, pepper garlic powder will make the meat taste just fine.

 

I agree iceman, I also like simple rubs, I like to go heavy on the pepper for beef but more garlic on pork.

Go ahead and use the mustard method though, it seems to work well, The rub always sticks really well and I've never really tasted mustard in the meat, not that mustard would even taste bad. Whatever just have fun with it

 

And for the "spray", I don't know what iceman uses but many people suggest and I also recommend apple juice in a spray bottle. Ever hour or so open the smoker and give a good spritz.

then when I foil I add a bunch more apple juice to the foil package and sort of tent the foil so that the meat has a little room in there. I can't remember where I read to do these things but I'm sure it was somewhere here on this website being that it's the only bbq website I use.

 

I use cherry juicebox type juice (not the syrup cherries are packed in) but have also used apple like these guys.

SmokeMack, I read your intro thread after this one, see you've been smoking a while.

As far as recipes, I think Dutch has a Pulled Pork Glaze recipe in the pork section somewhere.

 

Pineapple juice works good too. Especially on pork.

Haven't tried the cherry juice but it sounds good. :D

 

Oh my. Pineapple juice sounds really good. I'll have to try that next smoke.

 

I usually use apple juice., If I want to "go all out" it is a mix of apple juice, whiskey and a little pickle juice. This mix has NEVER made bad ribs.

 

Alright SmokeMack,

Sounds like you have a plan :D .

Did you remember to write down your rub recipe this time?

Be sure and let us see some of them "Food Porn" pics. 8)

 

Looking good man,

Almost broke a finger trying to get a piece of bark :oops: