Maple Smoked Pulled Pork

Dyal_SC

It was a nice day out for a smoke. Mid 60's, no wind and sunny! Bilo currently has pork butts on sale for 99 cents per pound for those of you interested. I'm going back tomorrow to pick up a couple more. Here was tonight's 10 lber. Turbo'd it with Maple wood. It was spot on! Got lots of good work lunches packed for this week. Sauced it with Shealy's Mustard Based BBQ Sauce.

Jeremiah

Nice! And thanks for the heads up, I'll get me one tomorrow.

Mickey

Guys how well can you freeze the butts from the store. $.99 is a deal but I have never thought to buy and freeze raw.

Dyal_SC

I wouldn't think there would be a problem as long as they aren't close to the expiration date. Especially since you're bringing the pork to such a high temp in order to pull it. I could be wrong though...? I've been known to be wrong on a couple of occasions.

jcaspary

Wish I had one around me. I would buy a couple. That looks fantastic.

Carolina Q

Mickey, where ya been man? LS doesn't even defrost em before he cooks. Takes a little longer, that's all. I have one in my freezer now. Next butt is gonna start out as a solid block. If the rub won't stick, 'll throw on the egg for a bit and then rub. And no, I will NOT use mustard!

Mickey

Carolina Q said:

Mickey, where ya been man? LS doesn't even defrost em before he cooks. Takes a little longer, that's all. I have one in my freezer now. Next butt is gonna start out as a solid block. If the rub won't stick, 'll throw on the egg for a bit and then rub. And no, I will NOT use mustard!

Thanks Michael

Philly35

You the man! @Dyal_SC‌

Smoker317

Those look great!

fence0407

Smoked an 8lb butt this weekend as well - yours looks great! I also managed to spatchcock a chicken on the mini too - have you ever tried it? The bottom was a little burned, but the meat was tender and juicy and got great reviews!

Mickey

fence0407 said:

Smoked an 8lb butt this weekend as well - yours looks great! I also managed to spatchcock a chicken on the mini too - have you ever tried it? The bottom was a little burned, but the meat was tender and juicy and got great reviews!

Do you have a Woo?

fence0407

Mickey said:

fence0407 said:

Smoked an 8lb butt this weekend as well - yours looks great! I also managed to spatchcock a chicken on the mini too - have you ever tried it? The bottom was a little burned, but the meat was tender and juicy and got great reviews!

Do you have a Woo?

Not yet - it's on the Christmas list though. Normally I'd spatchcock indirect on the large but the pork was taking a little longer than planned. So I set up the mini direct around 400 and threw the bird on.

henapple

Sweet pork and egging area.

tarheelmatt

Good looking cook!  I wonder if Harris Teeter had the same deal in my area since Bi-Lo bought them?

anton

Looks delicious, I also like the yard, nice little setup.
:-bd

revolver1

Mickey said:

Guys how well can you freeze the butts from the store. $.99 is a deal but I have never thought to buy and freeze raw.

If they are in the cryovac, I've got three in the freezer.  Been freezing them for years.  No taste difference that I can tell.  

caliking

I felt relaxed and in a better mood immediately after seeing that first pic.

Chelnerul

Very impressive smoke ring - I didn't know turbo butts could get that nice red ring!

YEMTrey

caliking said:

I felt relaxed and in a better mood immediately after seeing that first pic.

That is a great looking grilling and dining area in that pic.

Dyal_SC

Thanks guys!  I have an Eclipse Backyard Grill Center.  It has lights on the sides and a bar area on both sides.  Picked it up off of Amazon several years ago for $400.  It has served me well!  It has seen it's better days though.  I really want to redo our backyard and do something a little more permanent. 

@fence0407, the woo with the 2 old stone oven pizza stones is the way to go for the mini egg!  You'll get all sorts of versatility with that setup. 

fence0407

@Dyal_SC‌ it's on Santa's list!