picnic pork shoulder help--

raider60

We cooked steaks on our new large egg last night--next weekend we are going to smoke a picnic pork shoulder. We are planning on using pecan chips. Any tips or suggestions? Thanks!

"Sparky"

I would recommend hickory(and/or apple).Pecan chips are best for poultry.

Richard Fl

This has been very popular for several years.

Brine, Pork, Chris Lilly’s Pork Shoulder or Pork Butt


INGREDIENTS:
2 pork—shoulder
Shoulder Rub
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup paprika
1/3 cup garlic salt
1/3 cup salt
1 Tbs chili powder
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp cumin
Shoulder Injection
3/4 cup apple—juice
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup salt
2 Tbs Worcestershire sauce




Procedure:
1 Inject shoulder with injection solution (1/2 oz. Per pound). Coat well with rub mixture
2 (4 oz. Per shoulder). Gently pat shoulder so rub will adhere.
3 Cook on pit or smoker for 1 hour per pound on 225 degrees. It’s that easy.


Recipe Type
Brine

Recipe Source
Author: http://www.bbqpits.com/recipes/Chris Lillys Pork Shoulder or Butt.htm

Source: BGE Forum, Sandbagger, 2007/02/02

Fidel

I dunno about that. I use pecan pretty regularly for butts and picnics. I like the more subtle flavors. I also like to mix pecan and cherry.

Hickory is very traditional for pork, and apple works nicely as well.

This one was done with pecan and cherry 8 days ago:



Turned out pretty darn good.

I recommend injecting a picnic with as much as you can get in it. They don't have nearly as much internal fat as a butt.

Fidel

Should have mentioned - I cut off all the exterior skin and leave as much fat as I can.

raider60

Thank you for the suggestions--I appreciate them, and will post again after we cook it--

ILL--EGGER

When I did two picnic shoulders not to long ago I used apple wood and it turned out great. I also would recommend takeing off alot of the fat/skin on the shoulder as it is removed after the cook and greatly reduces the amount of bark you get after the cook. Atleast that was my experience and maybe someone here can chime in with more experience on this but I found it to be a problem and would change that next time.