Spray or mop for pulled pork

[Smoking at 4am]

I'm doing a pork shoulder t

oday. Is a mop/spray worth it? It's about 4.5lbs, starting at 8am, ending around 6pm. Any advice is appreciated, pictures to follow.

-4am

 

[smokerjim]

I think it's a personal preference but I dont spray or mop,

 

[SmokyMose]

I'm with smokerjim...

 

[yankee2bbq]

I'm doing a pork shoulder tView attachment 495607oday. Is a mop/spray worth it? It's about 4.5lbs, starting at 8am, ending around 6pm. Any advice is appreciated, pictures to follow.

-4am

I’ve done both. With mixed results. What we (my family) like is using a finishing sauce:

SoFlaQuer's Finishing Sauce (For Pulled Pork)

I copied this to a separate post due to the requests for it! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Finishing Sauce I use is as follows: 1 Cup Cider Vinegar 2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar 1 Teaspoon Tony Chachere's Cajun Seasoning 1 Teaspoon Course...

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[Smoking at 4am]

Sounds great! I'll definitely give this a try today.,

I’ve done both. With mixed results. What we (my family) like is using a finishing sauce:

SoFlaQuer's Finishing Sauce (For Pulled Pork)

I copied this to a separate post due to the requests for it! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Finishing Sauce I use is as follows: 1 Cup Cider Vinegar 2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar 1 Teaspoon Tony Chachere's Cajun Seasoning 1 Teaspoon Course...

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[jcam222]

Pork butt is so automatic for good results I think it would just be busy work to mop or spray.

 

[SmokingUPnorth]

I use @chef jimmyj finishing sauce. Never sprayed nor mopped for pulled pork. Just seems unnecessary to open the smoker just for that

 

[SmokinAl]

I have a bit of a different approach. Most of the time I smoke my butts in a pan with some chicken broth. So every 45 minutes or so I just take a Turkey blaster & suck the juice out of the pan & cover the butt with it. I guess there are as many ways to smoke a butt as there are for ribs. It’s hard to mess up a butt, so I’m sure whatever method you use, you will be happy! Also I do agree with using a finishing sauce, it really takes it to another level. Both JJ’s & SFQuer’s are great, but we prefer SFQuer’s, (no offense JJ!). Your recipes have always been fantastic, this is just a personal preference!
Al

 

[Bearcarver]

I'm doing a pork shoulder today. Is a mop/spray worth it? It's about 4.5lbs, starting at 8am, ending around 6pm. Any advice is appreciated, pictures to follow.

-4am

I never Mop or Spray, but I use an electric smoker, and it takes too long to recover after opening the door that long.
I also put the Butt on a Wire cooling rack, in a pan. The wire rack keeps it from sitting in it's own fats & juices, and allows the Smoke to get all around the roast.
Below are 3 different Step by Steps of Pulled Pork Butts:

Bear

Pulled Boston Pork Butt (230°--April 23, 2013) foiled
Pulled Boston Pork Butt (265°--Oct 21, 2018) foiled
Pulled Boston Pork Butt (275°--Sept , 2020) not foiled

 

[copulas]

I Spray the meat with Apple cider vinigar. if you spray, try not to spray the fat. you want that to render down and if you spray/mop it it tends to slow down the rendering process.

 

[Winterrider]

^^^^^ this when I use my electric.

 

[sandyut]

I think it's a personal preference but I dont spray or mop,

Same. Rub it smoke it pull it eat it. No wrap no mop no spray

 

[OldSmoke]

I just did one about that size. When I pulled it out of the smoker, the bark looked a little dry. I wrapped in foil and towels and let it be for a couple of hours. When I unwrapped it, the foil was filled with juice and the bark was moist. I just don’t think opening and spraying during the cook would have accomplished anything. It certainly would have taken longer. It sure does taste good!

 

[Smoking at 4am]

Everything came out amazing, I made the classic Cole slaw from Jeff's first book and the finishing sauce recommended by yankee2bbq and I didn't spray or mop at all. However it did take 12&1/2 hours for some reason lol.

Thanks for all the tips guys.

 

[JLeonard]

Looks good to me. And I have learned not to do anything to a timer. Go for IT and how well it probes.
Jim