Coincidentally, I made a pork butt yesterday on my weber.
Pulled pork with home made cole slaw, and home made bbq sauce.
Pulled pork with home made cole slaw, and home made bbq sauce.
Haha...I agree. Too many take the easy way when it comes to cooking. I don't really use recipes either, and rarely plan dishes ahead of time. I shop to keep a full pantry (including a full freezer and a well stock 'fridge)...and make what I can out of that. I don't even own a crock pot lol.OMG Franky....that looks fucking awesome. I get that red color when I use cherry, which is my all time favorite wood for smokin. What's your secret?
Let's here it for kettles!! Why everyone doesn't have one...I'll never know. I love the little coleslaw finish. I'm DEFINITELY doing that for next time. When I made those baby RyBz™ the other day, we made a pair of samamiches with pulled n chopped that. Deelishus.
Try this:. Go on Googley and type in best pulled pork sandwich. Even word it differently. Go ahead...I'll wait.
Now...there's nothing wrong with using a crock pot...they cook while you're working or passed out in a sink...and make excellent pot roast and soups. But seriously?? C'mon 'Merica, it's really not THAT bad doing a little indirect a couple times a year. I bet that people are walking around as we speak that think their slow cooker pulled pork is the way it's supposed to be. I must of seen 50 recipes back to back that were for the Crock. I don't even know why people need recipes so much either. Rub it, smoke it, sauce it, chop/pull it, eat it. I feel like cooking is gonna be a lost art in the next 100 years. Look at the freezer section trend from the last 50. Yikes.
Cook some food 'Merica...it's not hard, I promise.
I use bricks...I wish lump was better than it is. I got tired of buying a bag and getting a dozen or so large pieces and the rest is a bunch of tiny little flakes, and didn't last for shit...and was very inconsistent with the heat. I started buying bags of kingston pro briquettes. Workin' pretty good. The reason the fire lasts that long is just the bricks...pellets are strictly for smoke (maybe a tiny bit of heat). I set the snake up 3/4 around the kettle...and heat enough in a chimney to get it all started, and then just modulate the intake/exit vents to keep it from going crazy. Usually keeps around 300 for 4+ hours...plus it keeps the heat in for another 45 minutes or so.Awesome. I have never done the snake method, but I'm quite familiar with the technique. Never thought about using pellets on charcoal...fuckin brilliant. Do you use lump or bricks...or just pellets? I have honestly never even held a pellet in my hand let alone burned one. 5 hours of no fuss fire??? Sounds like these pellets are good for more than just pellet eaters. I guarantee a lot of "purists" would tell at all three of us for utilizing the oven. Poppycock. I get ALL the smoke flavor and a gorgeous smoke ring in 6 hours that I would ever need...and I learned my lesson about whole shoulders 20 years ago when I attempted that and failed miserably. Lol. It was a mess. I didn't try again for 10 years...meanwhile my smoking game went up ten fold. I wasn't even using water...in a water smoker. I learnt this from the interwebs when I wanted to see what I was doing wrong. Vertical smokers require the water stage as a buffer and also keeps the meats from directly dropping flammable juices into the fire, which creates a roundabout and gets out of hand until the meat is toast. My sophomore effort was done with a proper rub, cut down, and water in the pan, along with having used it a dozen times previous mainly with chicken. It was infinitely better, and that was the the real ah-ha moment when I become hooked. Smoking: it's more than just drugs.
Thanks pal! Yours looks great, as well. Very interesting technique. Looks like you got a smoke ring in there as well! Excellent work!I wish we had taste-a-web so we could share this stuff @Frankthetank that looks amazing.
Ok the cheap and expensive dutch ovens cooked exactly the same! For a quick recap. Cut the butts into chunks, rub with salt, pepper, garlic powder, smoked paprika, and oregano. Refrigerate 4 hours, Hot smoke with apple wood on the Weber indirect with the lid ajar for high heat for 25 minutes, throw in the dutch oven and slow cook for 14 hours at 225°F.
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Serve with coleslaw on a sourdough roll. The BBQ sauce of your choice is optional but my wife makes this Korean style sauce that kicks ass on it.
Korean BBQ Sauce
3 Tbsp. Minced Garlic
3 Tbsp. Minced Ginger
3 Tbsp. Soy Sauce
1 Tbsp. Siracha
1 Tbsp. Brown Sugar (more if you like it sweeter I don’t)
1 Tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar
1 tsp. Toasted Sesame Oil
¼ tsp. Pepper
½ tsp Red Pepper Flakes
Coleslaw Recipe
1 Cup Mayo
2 – Tbsp. Sugar
2 – Tbsp. Cider Vinegar (I use 1 Cider and 1 White Wine)
2 – tsp. Pepper
1/2 – tsp. Salt
1/2 - tsp. Dry Mustard
¼ - tsp. Celery Seed (I like more1/2 tsp.)
Bon Appetite!
While it was slow cooking in the oven last night the whole house was filled with intense almond wood smoke aroma. So much so that I was worried that I over smoked the meat (is that even possible?). The house may smell like smoked meat all week but the flavor is not overpowering the pork.Thanks pal! Yours looks great, as well. Very interesting technique. Looks like you got a smoke ring in there as well! Excellent work!
Not in my book!:smoking:(is that even possible?