Cooking on 2 eggs yesterday...

Florida Grillin Girl

I did alot of egging yesterday. Put 17 lbs. of pork shoulder on the large at 9:00 AM. I made my own rub. It turned out delicious. Pulled it at 11:00 last night.







For dinner I fired up the mini.
There was an 11" piece of lump in the bag that wouldn't fit the mini!



I put on 3 garlic crabs that I bought precooked at the fish market. I used apple smoke and just gently heated them through.



Then put on some fresh tilapia - made a butter, lemon, caper sauce and poured it over with some sauteed mushrooms. It was melt in your mouth good - the best I have ever tasted! Fresh tilapia $5.99 a lb. yesterday.



During all of this fun cooking, this was the sunset that took place while I was outside with the eggs.



A lovely evening at home!!

Faith
Tampa, FL

vidalia1

Great looking food & pics of the sunset....did I see a fish jumping in the sunset pic??? LOL

mint-tulip

Did you use the fine instructions from the Crabcoach to eat those bad boys? :cheer:

Florida Grillin Girl

Yes, Kim, there were fish jumping all over. You would have loved it.

Mint-tulip, yes, we used the Crabcoach technique in cracking those crabs. They were really good.

Faith
Tampa, FL

vidalia1

Crab coach.. :silly: :laugh:

Faith,

If we do ever visit you may have a hard time getting me to leave....what a great spot you have there... :cheer:

Florida Grillin Girl

Kim, this is the water looking the other direction. I'd say there are plenty of fish out there for you!

mint-tulip

You're just taunting us now!

SGT BBQ

I'll be making about 17 pounds of shoulder tomorrow. Did you cook them on the same cooking level or did you have them tiered?

Panhandle Smoker

Looks Great faith, As always. Talapia used to be cheap until people caught on to how good it was. :ermm:

Florida Grillin Girl

SGT BBQ, same level. I also cook in the aluminum so I could catch the juices.
Good luck in your cook tomorrow.

Panhandle Smoker, the fresh tilapia was excellent. And I think $5.99 a lb. is still inexpensive for fresh fish in FL.

Faith
Tampa, FL

Car Wash Mike

Real nice Faith. I haven't been able to eat enough fish/seafood lately and that sure makes me want some more.

Mike

Beli

Fait....truly beautiful......oh....and you can boast being the best juggler on the forum.... :laugh:

Desert Oasis Woman

Hey Florida Egg Goddess, does cooking in the pan (and looks like deep ones!) still give a good smoke ring and flavor infusion? Thanks, DOW

WokOnMedium

MAN I love living in Iowa! Looks wonderful. So...what was the rub?

Florida Grillin Girl

Dessert Oasis Woman, I have always cooked it in the pan because I like to catch the juice and this is the way Martha said to do it. Yes, the Martha.

The top and bottom of the pork was equally crusted all around. This is the first one I have tried with bones, and I like the boneless shoulder much better.

Florida Grillin Girl

Desert Oasis Woman

FGG,
those look like the skin and fat cap have been removed--noticed not a whopping load of grease in the pan
My first low and slow was shoulder and scored the skin, place it down on the V-rack...V-rack in 2" old lasagne pan...tons of fat in that drip pan :S

Thanks, DOW

Florida Grillin Girl

Desert Oasis Woman - I removed the skin myself. Usually I buy boneless, and those have alot more fat/juice. How did yours come out? Did you defat the juices and add it back to the meat?

Faith
Tampa,FL
Tampa Egg Goddess (self proclaimed and have the shirt to prove it!)

Desert Oasis Woman

No, the drippings were mostly toast after being "fried" in the fat...but did enjoy a few cruncies that got stuck to the V-rack
That low and slow took off to about 350 somewhere in the night thanks to the wind :blink:

All the rest have been butts, which also have a lot of fat renderings...found if I shut the Egg and let them "dwell" a few hours, they come out a lot less greasy (fatty) inside.