Birthday Pulled Pork

Canugghead

Drip tray not full and meat not overhanging it, so where did ^^^ come from?
Double gridding for easy removal. btw, does this qualify as double indirect?

24 pounder took 19 hrs at 260'ish dome temp, even with tight foil tent at 170. Can't understand why my PP always take at least 15 hrs.


Covid grandkid #1 turned 5!

JohnInCarolina

@Canugghead my guess is that isn't from the protein, but instead moisture that had accumulated inside the egg somehow and then melted out.   When was the last time you used the Egg?

By the way, that cake and the cupcakes are awesome.  Purchased or home made?

shtgunal3

Never seen a 24lb butt. Happy #5 to the young lad

lkapigian

Happy Bucking Firthday!

johnmitchell

Maybe @AlmaHolzhert could offer some insight on the first picture. Jokes aside a Happy Birthday to your grandchild 🎂

Gulfcoastguy

Now he has to use both hands to show his age.

Stormbringer

That's a big (pork) butt! The largest I've cooked is 13.5lbs and that took up most of the width of my large, so I'm guessing you have an XL? The shredded meat looking amazing. As for cook time, the 13.5lb butt took around 24 hours although I didn't wrap it.

alaskanassasin

"Birthday Pulled Pork"   AAAAoooooo

DoubleEgger

Check your base for cracking. 

Canugghead

@JohnInCarolina
Let's get the easy one out of the way first...
Not home made, no masterbaker in this family, lol. Made by https://www.sugar-baking.com/products/custom-cupcakes, our S-I-L's friend and client.
For their second kid's birthday earlier this year they ordered this one, the young ones were confused to see Elon getting chopped up, lol

dbCooper

@Canugghead - On occasion, when doing overnight butts in the winter, I will see a smoke-infused ice sculpture too.  The lower lip on the bottom vent collects condensate from somewhere and overflows onto the patio.

Good looking food for the party!

Canugghead

@JohnInCarolina I thought what you said made sense since I have not used the XL in a loooong time BUT...

Lo and behold, the thing is hard, definitely not grease. I had to knock hard to break it. I wonder if it was a piece of plastic in the new lump bag that I missed. The broken base was stuck on the paving stone like super glue, however when I aimed my torch over it it melted clear very quickly and sunk into the stone, no smell and zero residue, WTH is that? Can I send the long piece to a Duke lab? 

I couldn't just brush off the ash/crumbs as usual, they were stuck and needed torch and hard scraping to remove. Also, I had to yank hard to dislodge the firebox from the base. Doing a clean burn now.  

The pulled pork tasted just fine, but are we safe?

Canugghead

shtgunal3 said:

Never seen a 24lb butt. Happy #5 to the young lad

Thanks. It's a whole shoulder aka New York shoulder, butt and picnic are still connected is the best way I can describe it.

Canugghead

johnmitchell said:

Maybe @AlmaHolzhert could offer some insight on the first picture. Jokes aside a Happy Birthday to your grandchild 🎂

I was thinking of that, honest.

Canugghead

Gulfcoastguy said:

Now he has to use both hands to show his age.

Canugghead

@Stormbringer Yes the only BGE left here is XL. The whole shoulder is a beast, can crack the floor tile or bottom of freezer if not careful!

DoubleEgger

Plastic would have smoked when you put the torch to it. 

Canugghead

DoubleEgger said:

Check your base for cracking. 

Good call, thanks. Just finishing the clean burn, will check during the day or next spring.

Canugghead

DoubleEgger said:

Plastic would have smoked when you put the torch to it. 

May be there was a little smoke that I mistook as steam, but I couldn't smell plastic and it melted quick and left no residue on the stone. 

Elijah

Looks like wax to me

alaskanassasin

Water grease combo. 

Canugghead

I think @alaskanassasin nailed it.

Brought it in, behaves like ice, based on touch, feel, temp and scraping with knife. Hoping to see a big puddle later.

RRP

Canugghead said:

I think @alaskanassasin nailed it.

Brought it in, behaves like ice, based on touch, feel, temp and scraping with knife. Hoping to see a big puddle later.

Just an idea here...have you tasted it?

Canugghead

RRP said:

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Canugghead said:

I think @alaskanassasin nailed it.

Brought it in, behaves like ice, based on touch, feel, temp and scraping with knife. Hoping to see a big puddle later.

Just an idea here...have you tasted it?

ummm smoked lollipop 

Canugghead

Upside down icicle 

Yup, the bottom already melted flat.  Thanks @alaskanassasin for solving the mystery and removing my worries.

EDIT: Actually @JohnInCarolina cracked it first, I was too dense to understand it 

JohnInCarolina

Canugghead said:

EDIT: Actually @JohnInCarolina cracked it first.

Thank you, I was like… WTF man.  

lousubcap

What a short term drama posting-now solved.  That pulled pork looks great.  Nailed the bark.  As always, a great cook for an even better celebration.  🎂

Canugghead

My bad. Just reread all the replies and realised @dbCooper was the 2nd one to crack it. Like I said I'm dense, took three of you, @JohnInCarolina @dbCooper @alaskanassasin, to finally get it through my skull.  I was too preoccupied with plastic or grease all along

caliking

Belated Happy Birthday to the lil one!! I'll bet he tucked in to the pulled pork. Love the birthday cupcakes... we may steal the design(s) for a cake competition the Scouts will be having soon

Canugghead

@caliking Thanks. The pulled pork came out real good, ice sculpture not withstanding lol Have fun with the cake competition, share some pics please.

calracefan

Smoked 2 Butts for my Grandson's first birthday last week ! about 17 lbs total weight !