Kurt Neurauter
TVWBB Member
Well, here we go with this unique cook. A hunter-friend of mine gave me a deer shoulder - something I have never heard of cooking or have any experience with. I did a post in the Barbecuing forum and decided to go ahead and do a slow-and-low smoke with it. (Forum page: http://tvwbb.com/showthread.php?52460-Deer-Shoulder-Help)
Started it about 12:30 today. Here it is with the rub applied:
Deer shoulder cook by KNEU Photo, on Flickr
The store bought rub I used - it smelled really good, I really want to try it on chicken and fish:
Deer shoulder cook by KNEU Photo, on Flickr
The start of the fire. Just a side note, I'm in Phoenix, Arizona and you know the temps here are high. To help me not jump to 300-400 degrees in the smoker I started with just 5 barely lit coals:
Deer shoulder cook by KNEU Photo, on Flickr
As mentioned above, my outside temp:
Deer shoulder cook by KNEU Photo, on Flickr
Here we go!
Deer shoulder cook by KNEU Photo, on Flickr
Who doesn't like a good graph? The second dip and rise in temperature is when I took of the lid and wrapped the shoulder in foil.
Deer shoulder cook by KNEU Photo, on Flickr
Tick Tock. The BEST THING about this cook is that friends are coming over with a beef tenderloin and I think I'm going to do it Steve Raichlen Colombian Style (http://food52.com/recipes/18568-ste...eef-tenderloin-grilled-in-cloth-lomo-al-trapo). Pictures to follow of that cook as well.
Started it about 12:30 today. Here it is with the rub applied:
Deer shoulder cook by KNEU Photo, on Flickr
The store bought rub I used - it smelled really good, I really want to try it on chicken and fish:
Deer shoulder cook by KNEU Photo, on Flickr
The start of the fire. Just a side note, I'm in Phoenix, Arizona and you know the temps here are high. To help me not jump to 300-400 degrees in the smoker I started with just 5 barely lit coals:
Deer shoulder cook by KNEU Photo, on Flickr
As mentioned above, my outside temp:
Deer shoulder cook by KNEU Photo, on Flickr
Here we go!
Deer shoulder cook by KNEU Photo, on Flickr
Who doesn't like a good graph? The second dip and rise in temperature is when I took of the lid and wrapped the shoulder in foil.
Deer shoulder cook by KNEU Photo, on Flickr
Tick Tock. The BEST THING about this cook is that friends are coming over with a beef tenderloin and I think I'm going to do it Steve Raichlen Colombian Style (http://food52.com/recipes/18568-ste...eef-tenderloin-grilled-in-cloth-lomo-al-trapo). Pictures to follow of that cook as well.