Pork Roast and Fresh Crab Balls

[Luke P]

Yeah...the topic sounds horrible together... don't worry, they're served separately. Posted earlier, we've had guests all week. This is my wife's "second family" so we had everyone over for a cookout at our house. I did a 5lb skin-on pork roast. Injected with NC BBQ sauce and rubbed with my typical rib rub. Smoked at 225 for 5 hours with apple wood and cherry.

Notice the rolled crab balls in back right corner. They're breaded and ready to be fried while I prepped pork.

It poured for about 2 hours. The temp dropped pretty low, but I knew nothing "bad" would happen to the food. Worst case scenario, I'd finish it in oven. It turned out just fine.

Coming off after 5 hours. The pan underneath was filled with a beer to keep everything moist.

Corn covered in salt and Old Bay. Steamed inside.

More cookout food for 20+ guests.

And finally the main ingredient sliced for all!

Continued....

 

[Luke P]

Made crab balls the night before for some of the guests that were over. I picked about 2 dozen crabs we had left over from the weekend before. I picked them all...and the results were fantastic!

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/221079/chef-johns-crab-cakes/

 

[Rich Dahl]

Lots of work I'm sure but it all looks great, nice cook.

 

[Barb D]

Luke awesome cook and love the little guys expression.

 

[James N]

Excellent spread of food Luke.

 

[Bill Schultz]

Luke, you did real good there my friend, sorry I missed that extravaganza. Been quite ahile since my last Maryland Crab Boil and you made me think about some good times with that table picking shot.

 

[JRAiona]

Great looking cook Luke.

 

[James Lake]

Dang...that is one fine feast!

 

[Mildo]

Everything looks perfect Luke!

 

[Craig Alumbaugh]

That is a mighty tasty looking meals you have there

 

[JimK]

Too bad about the rain, but it looks like it didn't phase you at all! Great cooking all around!

 

[Luke P]

Luke, you did real good there my friend, sorry I missed that extravaganza. Been quite ahile since my last Maryland Crab Boil and you made me think about some good times with that table picking shot.

Bill,
You tell me when you're coming south. I'll pretend like it's a lot of effort just to show off... but super simple and love to have you.

 

[Luke P]

Luke awesome cook and love the little guys expression.

Thanks Barb! Ben is a curious little fella. Don't worry. The pot was plenty cool.

 

[Jeff Holmes]

I love crab meat! Great looking cook, thanks for sharing.

 

[ChuckO]

That looks like a fun cook that paid massive dividends. Excellent

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Both look excellent Luke. That pork looks delicious. My wife loves crab. So I'll definitely give the crab cakes a try.