First Time Cooking Pulled Pork

Unknown

I have only had the egg for 2 weeks and am planning my first go at pulled pork. I've read a number of recipes and cooking times vary from 6 hours to 20 hours (my Boston Butt is 5.25 punds bone in). I'm from North Carolina and am looking for some authentic Piedmont NC pulled pork. Any suggestions???

The Naked Whiz

Jeremy Zeichner,
You should pop over to the new forum. There is a link at the top of the old forum. Here's a link to Elder Ward's seminal work on NC pulled pork. Good luck![p]TNW
[ul][li]Elder Ward's NC Pulled Pork[/ul]

APeoples

I just finished my first low and slow smoke of a boston butt today. I followed the advice of nakedwhiz: http://www.nakedwhiz.com/pullpork.htm.

I had a 7.6lb piece of meat, and I cooked it about 16 hours at 220. It's sitting in a cooler wrapped in tin foil right now holding for an early dinner. Cant wait.

Unknown

Jeremy Zeichner,[p]The easiest pork BBQ,[p]Put that butt on at 325 or so (300-350) for a few hours.[p]Coat it with dizzy pig seasoning or your favorite cajun rub.[p]I put mine on a rack, over a drip pan filled with water and beer.[p]Cook for several hours, I will put a boneless pork shoulder, 15 lbs on for 5-6 hours, less lbs, less time.[p]When the meat has a good smoke time on it, looks happy, nice and brown, pull it off and double wrap TIGHT with heavy duty aluminum foil, put it back on the egg. Temp stays the same. After a couple hours, stick a meat thermometer in it, through the foil, you want to see well over 200 degrees internal temp on the meat, pull it off, let it rest. 20 - 30 mins[p]Take it out of the foil wrap, chop it up, pull it, whatever, serve on cheap white rolls, hot sauce, cole slaw, fantastic BBQ.[p]Best results I have ever had.[p]Later[p]Jet driver