Late Cinco de Mayo Party

Ladeback69

The was our neighbors second annual Cinco de Mayo Party.  First as I trying out my new grill cleaning pad, my second plate setter broke in two.  I was able to wrap it in heavy duty foil to be able to use it.  I mixed up some OJ, Negra Modelo beer and some minced garlic for a marinade/injection for two pork butts.  I injected them both and marinaded them for about 18 hours.  Pulled them out at 8 am after getting the XLBGE lit. Rubbed them with a mixture of 3 or 4 different kind of rubs for a southwest theme.  Put them on the Egg when it got to 235 or so.  The egg dropped to 215 and stayed there for about 45 minutes so I had to open the vents up to get them done by 6, I hoped.  By 3 pm they were about 160 so I pulled them off to rest while got things ready for the next part of my cook.  I made pork burnt ends out of a 9 pound one and was making carnitas out of a 10 pound one.  I should have gone with the 9 on carnitas or just made them both pork burnt ends.  My wife was picking up ingredients for my braising liquid and forgot her credit card.  I had to drop everything and take her mine and wait on my ingredients.  When I got home I put everything together for the braising liquid into a roasting pan, put the 10 lb one in and covered it with foil.  I then cubed up the 9 lb one, put them into two foil pans, added more rub and a new sauce from my Egg dealer that they came up with that has ghost peppers in.  Then put the two trays on the egg for a couple hours to caramelize.   At 5 the pork burnt ends were ready so I took them over to the party.  The carnitas was talking so long, at 4:30 I cut it into smaller chunks to get done.  BY the time I got the carnitas over to the party everyone was full.  Both were good, but the pork burnt ends were a hit and everyone was asking me how I did them.  I think I will not be doing pulled pork for a while and stick to the doing the pork burnt ends.  easier to do and in less time.  My 7 year old went back for seconds.
 
The party was pretty as a whole was good and my neighbor was fun to watch.  He was having so much fun he forgot my wife's name.  Lots of good food and drink.  I had a few shoots of coffee Patron with Bailey's, shot of Mezcal and a few beers, but never felt a buzz.  

Next year I will be just doing the pork burnt ends and that is all.  

Thanks for looking.
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EggNorth

Nice to see a neighbourhood come out like that.  Something you don't see a lot off.  Very interesting on the burnt ends, never thought to do that with pork, will have to try it.  

Great at looking cook.

Dyal_SC

Lookin good bro!!  

Little Steven

Eso es un infierno de un montón de comida hombre

pgprescott

Muy Bueno señor!!!

bgebrent

Nice spread brother!  I'd put that in Spanish but don't know all the words . Looks like a great time!