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henapple
henapple Posts: 16,025
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Stopped at a little shack outside of Little Rock and decided to get a sandwich. Mistake. Dry, dry, dry.. so dry they drowned it in sauce and slaw. Not a bad smoke flavor and chopped instead of pulled but freaking dry. It reminded me if the time I took pp to my daughter's tailgate party. My pork was beside a restaurant brand. One of the players took some of the store bought but I asked him to try a bite of mine just to see what he thought. After finishing he screamed out "that **** is juicy as hell". My favorite compliment to date. Do any of you chop your pulled pork?
Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • tulocay
    tulocay Posts: 1,737
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    No chopping here. Never saw the point. I like mine pulled and the ideal way for me is to have big, chunky pieces. Don't like it pulled into shreds either. Picky? Yes I am. Just ask SHMBO.
    LBGE, Marietta, GA
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  • tulocay
    tulocay Posts: 1,737
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    Make that SWMBO,
    LBGE, Marietta, GA
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  • Hi54putty
    Hi54putty Posts: 1,873
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    I chop it sometimes...but I am in NC. 
    XL,L,S 
    Winston-Salem, NC 
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 32,754
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    theres a place near me that thin slices and then roughly chops, i like it from time to time when im on the road that way. i dont ever remember getting it as a sandwich though, its usually piled in a plate and i pour beans over it
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • wbradking
    wbradking Posts: 351
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    Sometimes I chop mine.  That way you get a bite of bark every time.
    Franklin, TN
    Large BGE+PSWoo2
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
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    I chop when I make Carolina style BBQ. Real Carolina style, not that weird Lexington stuff ;)

    It's typically for "whole hog" BBQ so you get bits of skin in each bite. When I do it, I use a picnic shoulder so I have the skin.
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
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    I have always pulled when I make butts or picnics.  I guess I thought chopped was for when people didn't cook it long enough to pull.  I have had chopped from a whole hog cook and it definitely seemed like it was still a little too firm to pull...if I had to guess around 180 degrees.  

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
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    I like to pull it into pieces about as thick as my thumb, so the bites are a bit chunky. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • NibbleMeThis
    NibbleMeThis Posts: 2,295
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    The very first real BBQ that I ever had was Carolina style and chopped so I like to do mine that way every now and then.  But 9 out of 10 times, we just pull it and give a coarse chop (3 to 4 times each way).

    You think that little shack's sandwich was bad?  We went to Six Flags Over Georgia this weekend and we paid $14.99 each for a crock pot style pulled pork sandwich drowning in sauce, fries and a coke.  It was the worst AND most expensive pulled pork sandwich I've had.  That said, it looks like it beat the chicken strips my son got. 
    Knoxville, TN
    Nibble Me This
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