Pork shoulder turned out great after reading different posts on here

david71171

I read a lot of different posts on here and incorporated that information to make my second attempt turn out a lot better. I had a shoulder that was 8.25lbs. I applied the Memphis rub recipe that I found on here and allowed to sit in fridge for 12 hours. I soaked the apple chips for 5 hours. I got the egg up to 250 and waited for the smoke to change from the all white color to the almost clear blue smoke. Put the pork on the rack and after adjusting the airflow a few times was able to get consistent 235 rack temp for 45 minutes. Then went back to bed. The temp was at 238 on the rack when I woke up 7 hours later. When the pork temp hit 170, I double wrapped in foil and put back on the rack. It hit 198 degrees after a total cook time of 14 hours. ( I did bump up the temp to 325 the final hour). After letting the meat rest for 30 minutes, it fell apart on the plate. Had a great smokey flavor and was very juicy. Did not really need BBQ sauce.

Thank you to the prior contributors on here.

lousubcap

Welcome aboard and continue to enjoy the journey.  Great cook right there.

HarrisFrampton

Great job.

bhedges1987

Nice work!

logchief

Looks super. Memphis Dust is my go to for pork. Need to make a new batch used the last for the butts that are on now

KiterTodd

Nice work!  Thanks for sharing your results.

I agree on the BBQ sauce comment.  So good by itself, I just like a little vinegar hot sauce to taste.

smbishop

Great job!  Thanks for sharing!

JohnnyTarheel

Great looking butt... Always nice when a plan comes together !!

bgebrent

Way to go brother!  The beauty of the forum in plain view.

JMCXL

make me want to start up my egg. looks great

XLentEGG

I did a 8.25 last weekend as well . For the first time I went completely on faith in the BGE. Put it on and did not open the lid at all for the whole sixteen hours. Super moist , great bark , pulled the bone out and used it to literally stir the meat into pulled pork. Not mushy pork , but perfect pulled texture. Will never foil a butt again . :-)

SeahawksEGGHead

I have a 8.5 pounder in the fridge, rubbed up with Memphis Dust, ready to go on my Egg tonight.  I'm also planning for a 15-16 hour-ish smoke at 250.  Yours looks great.

YukonRon

That is beautiful. Great cook, looks delicious!

I am getting pressure from the neighbors for the peach butt again. I love cooking that on the egg. Nothing like it.

rmontferg

First time question - for first time smoke. I have a 4 lbs pork shoulder. Seeing you all had 8.25 and smoked for 16 hours, where can I find a scale for poundage vs. cooking time?

Hans61

XLentEGG said:

I did a 8.25 last weekend as well . For the first time I went completely on faith in the BGE. Put it on and did not open the lid at all for the whole sixteen hours. Super moist , great bark , pulled the bone out and used it to literally stir the meat into pulled pork. Not mushy pork , but perfect pulled texture. Will never foil a butt again . :-)

I like my butts un-foiled as well! Takes longer but I think I get a better finished product! 14-16 hrs seems to be where they usually finish

cheeaa

No problem with the low n slow just throwing this out there that I just did a butt in 8 hours this weekend at 275ish. And u can go higher to if u want to cook even faster. I like the middle ground though.  Great looking pork btw.

cheeaa

rmontferg said:

First time question - for first time smoke. I have a 4 lbs pork shoulder. Seeing you all had 8.25 and smoked for 16 hours, where can I find a scale for poundage vs. cooking time?

Depends what temp u cook at. If u do 250 or lower probably around 6 hours. If u do 275 probably 4 or so. Just cook til a temp.probe goes in with little resistance.