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OT - Pulled pork on the Pit Barrel

Griffin
Griffin Posts: 8,200
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On Saturday, Mrs. G told me I should cook a pork butt on the Pit Barrel on Sunday. Who am I to argue?

Threw it on about 9:45 in the morning. Cook took about 7 hours. We were eating around 5:30-6.  Came out really good and super easy.

Also made some home made pickles and pickled red onions following Kenji Alt Lopez recipes on Serious Eats. 








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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,673
    Did you hang it, or use a rack?

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  • Griffin
    Griffin Posts: 8,200
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Did you hang it, or use a rack?
    I used the grate. It was my first time cooking a pork butt on the PBC but everything I read or saw said that if you hang it, you have to pull it around 165, decide it you want to wrap or not and then put it on the grate. I figured it I was going to have to put it on the grate at some point, why not just do it for the whole cook?

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  • Hansm
    Hansm Posts: 214
    Looks awesome

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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    lookin' good from over here.


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  • Mr1egg
    Mr1egg Posts: 431
    What temp did u pull it at?
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  • Griffin
    Griffin Posts: 8,200
    Mr1egg said:
    What temp did u pull it at?
    Final temp was around 200-203ish. 

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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    Got a buddy with one of those. He raves about the flavor you get from the barrel. Nice cook. 
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  • abtaylor260
    abtaylor260 Posts: 242
    Any subtle differences you noticed compared to an egg cook? I think pit barrel cookers are neat. 
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  • Langner91
    Langner91 Posts: 2,120
    edited May 2022
    All the guys that live under the bridge here in Clinton cook over them.  They must work really well!

    I figured it was a club or something.  They used them all winter, too.
    Clinton, Iowa
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    Langner91 said:
    All the guys that live under the bridge here in Clinton cook over them.  They must work really well!

    I figured it was a club or something.  They used them all winter, too.
    I’ve heard shopping carts are excellent hibachi grills as well. 😜
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  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,818
    nice looking vittles Jason!
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  • Griffin
    Griffin Posts: 8,200
    abtaylor260 said:
    Any subtle differences you noticed compared to an egg cook? I think pit barrel cookers are neat. 
    Cooks faster.

    Always develops a smoke ring where sometimes you don't get one on an Egg. (I know smoke rings look cool, but don't effect flavor at all. Just aesthetic)

    You don't have to fiddle with anything or adjust anything to maintain heat because there isn't anything to fiddle with. It just cooks at whatever temperature it cooks at but I'd say its more of a turbo cook. One of the best briskets I ever did was on a PBC and it only took 6 hours to finish. 

    You get a bit of a different flavor from the fat dripping onto the coals that you don't get on an Egg with an indirect cook. When that fat hits the coals and then sizzles and sends smoke back up to the meat. 

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