She's an ugly one for sure!

stv8r · January 2015

Was looking for something to try my Christmas present (a DigiQ) out on andfound a pork picnic shoulder on sale at the grocery store. Never made one of these before but was willing to try. I crosshatched the pig skin left on about half of it and rubbed with coarse dizzy dust. Fired up the egg after getting all hooked up and set to 225f. I was looking for 235f but figured I'd stop short then bump up. Full load of Royal Oak lump with a few pieces of apple wood. Things fired up nicely, and the fan kicked in, bringing my temps up rapidly, overshooting to 265f. I throttled the daisy wheel down to a crack, and the fan damper to one third. A short while later, 235f on the dot. Stayed there too all day! It was only a 4.5 lb picnic but it took quite a while(10 hours). Stalled at 160f even dropping to 155f for a while. A few hours later, I finally started climbing again, finally pulling it off at 192f internal, and foiling/towel for about 20mins. cut off squares of skin and pulled the rest. Was very impressed for such a cheap cut of meat. Next time I may inject, for a bit more juiciness, but I was happy overall. Tried the dead guy sauce recipe (daughter whined about the vinegar smell in the house lol) I like it, she didn't, opting to go with some Famous Dave's sauce instead.