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Porketta advice needed

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Greeno55
Greeno55 Posts: 635
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So I made a special trip to the Italian butcher on the other side of town to buy one of his famous porkettas. The recommended method from him is in the oven wraped in foik at 350° for 40-45 minutes per pound. Then remove from foil for the last 30-40 minutes to brown. Now I'm guessing because of the fattieness of the pork, and the potential to dry out in an oven over 3 hours, that's why they recommend to foil. But heck ... I have a fricken Egg. If anyone has done a porkettas in their Egg, would you recommend leaving it unfoiled for a while to get some bark, lowering the temp a bit, adding smoke? Any advice would be appreciated.
LBGE (2012), MiniMax (2014), and too many Eggcessories to list.  - Sudbury, Ontario
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  • Griffin
    Griffin Posts: 8,200
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    No clue, but I'm looking forward to seeing what advice you get and how it turns out. Good luck.

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  • 500
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    I started a discussion about Butts and Picnics, and the resulting Porchetta and Pernil, and got some good response.  Check it out HERE.
    I like my butt rubbed and my pork pulled.
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  • jlsm
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    Porchetta is just fantastic! It's a butt, so you cover to speed the cooking process. See this thread.

    I have to admit that I did it in the oven the second time I made it because I didn't have time to fool with the egg for the 5-6-hour cook. My husband and I didn't notice a big difference, probably because it is exposed to the smoke for only two hours. I'm not sure you'd want a lot of smoke, though. 
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  • billybon
    billybon Posts: 213
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    It looks like your porchetta is made from a deboned, skinless pork shoulder. I see no reason for you to wrap in foil. Cook it like you would a pork roast for slicing.

    A tradition porchetta is made from the whole deboned pig and the skin is still intact. In that case, you would want gentle direct heat to crisp up the skin.


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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    edited February 2013
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    billybon said:
    It looks like your porchetta is made from a deboned, skinless pork shoulder. I see no reason for you to wrap in foil. Cook it like you would a pork roast for slicing.

    A tradition porchetta is made from the whole deboned pig and the skin is still intact. In that case, you would want gentle direct heat to crisp up the skin.


    That's true to an extent but any stuffed pork qualifies as porchetta, at least in this area. Greeno, I would find out if it's a stuffed butt, which it probably is and if so, cook it lower temp for longer time. If the stuffing is part sausage you should get it to 160  internal. If it is any kind of loin use the foil.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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