First Cook - Pernil

BMW BBQ M5

Hello Everyone,

I have been lurking around the site for a while now and finally pulled the trigger on a large BGE.

I have decided to try pernil as my first cook. I am a certified KCBS judge and have had a LOT of great BBQ this summer, so I wanted to try something a little different. I love latin and carribbean flavors and will be jerking the hell out of this thing in a few weeks (hee hee).

I seem to have my temp steady at 275 and I have a 8 lb or so butt on the egg. I am trying to figure out how to post a pic. I am hoping to have it done in time for the Giants game later this eve.

2Fategghead

Welcome to the forum. Tim

Using this link see how to post a pic using photobucket

http://www.eggheadforum.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&func=view&id=950178&catid=1

Bluecrab3

Looks great. I can't wait to see the finished product. I have 15lbs of BB going right now!

2Fategghead

I see you got the pic up. Good deal. You cook looks aewsome. I have never done that before. I will have to google it to see what it is. Tim :P

2Fategghead

So I assume that is a picnic. I love the flavors and meat texture from a picnic. :P

Look at the nice new egg getting broke in. That gasket will never be the same.

DMurf

Welcome to the family! Your pic looks very interesting, I remember when my EGG was that color.

BMW BBQ M5

Pernil is cuban pork roast....this particular recipe is from Tyler Florence. You can use the smaller roasts from the regular supermarket (2-4 pounds) in the oven or crockpot. I am using a boston butt from restaurant depot. I marinated it overnight. I am saving the second one for next weekend (I am going to inject that one...not sure if i will do bbq or jerk or something else). Loving the egg so far.... temp has been steady at 275-280 all morning. I will probably cook until internal is 180 or so. I plan on slicing this one, so I don't think I need to hit 200. Damn thing smells great out there.... I have to resist the temptation open the lid and just stare

I'll take some finished pics later. I hope it'll be done by 8PM (that'll be 11.5 hours).

thechief96

That looks like it will be great. Keep us posted.

BMW BBQ M5

Updates....

Temp dropped from 275 to 190 about 1PM.... I guess I didn't put enough lump in the egg to start out with. I only filled it to about 1 or 2 inches over the air holes after some bad advice from the place I bought it.
Sooooo, I had to pull it off the egg and put it on the Weber Genesis for a while (gasp) until I could refill and get the egg back up to temp. I filled the firebox and had to dump 2 firestarters in there to get it going. I am now at around 300 and am not tweaking it too much as I don't want a repeat of before. The pork is around 175 internal at the moment and I am looking for another 10 degrees before I wrap it and let it rest. Pics to follow when finished.

2Fategghead

What happened to your handle. :ermm:

BMW BBQ M5

When I registered it said it had to be 8 characters and whatnot, so I ended up with one handle and a similar screen name or whatever, so I changed them to make them the same is all.

BMW BBQ M5

Here it is all ready to be wrapped and rested. I cooked it to 185 internal as I plan on slicing it. I'll try to remember to post a sliced photo

BMW BBQ M5

Here are a few photos of the end result. Very pleased to have finally produced a smoke ring.

2Fategghead

Thanks for the pic's. I'm getting hungry for butt again. :P Tim