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Hit the mark with my latest rub recipe, at least as far as pork butt is concerned.

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Mud Pig
Mud Pig Posts: 489
edited September 2013 in EggHead Forum
I've done three tests cooks with different variations of a homemade rub recipe and I think I definitely found one that makes amazing pulled pork. Here is the rub recipe:

1/3 cup kosher salt
1/3 cup freshly ground whole black peppercorn
2 tsp each of onion, garlic, and chili powder
1/2 teaspoon of paprika

Cover your pork butt with yellow mustard and apply the rub liberally a couple of hours before it hits the egg. Dont putt any brown sugar on the butt it will make the bark to dark and may lead to a bitter flavor.

Smoke it at 225 for as long as it takes to reach 190 internal, then wrap it for 4 hours, then pull. In my case my 10 pound butt went for 17 hours in the egg.

I followed this to te letter and the pulled pork was outstanding. I did add some apple juice, apple cider vinegar and some more rub to the pork after it was pulled apart.

Here are some pics of the cook.

MP
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  • radamo
    radamo Posts: 373
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    Sounds like a nice simple tasty rub.  I like it.

    Long Island, NY
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,522
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    Simple and easy is good. Some of the best PP we've made had nothing on it other than some mustard, salt and sugar to bark it up a bit....
    The sauce after the pull made the taste. 
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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  • Mud Pig
    Mud Pig Posts: 489
    edited September 2013
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    Skiddymarker said:

    Simple and easy is good. Some of the best PP we've made had nothing on it other than some mustard, salt and sugar to bark it up a bit....

    The sauce after the pull made the taste. 
    Agreed, simple flavors where you really taste the pork after a long smoke is the best way to go in my opinion. I did season the pulled pork with a tweaked version of my pig liquor recipe. This what I used:

    2 cups of apple juice
    1 cup of apple cider vinegar
    1 big tablespoon of my rub
    2 tablespoons of brown sugar
    Bring it to a boil, let it cool a bit and then pour it over the pulled pork.

    A thing of beauty.

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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,168
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    Bookmarked!  I love rub recipes and the bonus is this Pig Liquor recipe.  We have some pulled pork leftover so I think I'll try the Pig Liquor, I was thinking of making it honest by adding bourbon.
    Flint, Michigan
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  • Mud Pig
    Mud Pig Posts: 489
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    ^^^ let me know how it turns out.
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