Carnitas - Thanks to Tonybel

[Luke P]

I decided I had to do carnitas! I had a plan and did some research, but there's a lot of authentic ways to do them. I reached out to Tony, and he and his friend Ivan helped me solidify a plan.

Marinated chunks of shoulder roast in EVOO, lime juice, and a lot of cilantro from the garden. It all fit perfectly in the CI, and I got to use my Father's Day present for the first time. Busted out the maverick to slow smoke it all with some oak barrel chunks.

Added a fresh squeezed orange peel with a rub of cumin, cinnamaon, S&P, and cayenne.

At about 3 hours.

Shredded and thrown back in to crisp up some ends.

The final approval...

This was a great chance to learn about flavors I am not very comfortable with, and practice slow cooking in the CI. Thank you so much to Tony and Ivan. I learned so much here. I also need a CI Dutch Oven

 

[Matt A]

Those look great! I'm gonna have to try this.

 

[Jason_D]

Ha!! That young man is making them taco's look goooodddd!!!

 

[CaseT]

Excellent cook!

One word of caution, that probe you had in the meat was very close to dipping into the juices. The point where the wire goes into the probe tip isn't water proof. If it were to dip into the liquid, you'd have a ruined probe. If you plan on doing that again I would recommend that you get some water proof heat shrink tubing and seal that joint up.

 

[Rich Dahl]

Excellent cook Luke I've got to give that a try. Barb and I love good carnitas.
Case beat me to it on the probe being to close to the juices....Don't ask me how I know.

 

[Barb D]

Luke that looks delicious and the little guy is sure doing a great job on his. Outstanding.

 

[Luke P]

CaseT and Rich, Thanks guys! I had it propped up high, centered in the largest piece of meat. Thanks for the warning though. I expect this to be a rare use of the Maverick in a small dish like this.

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Your son is the cutest little guy. Agree with his assessment. Looks delicious.

 

[Clay Neubauer]

That looks marvelous.

 

[Robert T]

Luke that is the real deal. Outstanding cook and post. Thank you for posting that beautiful meal!

 

[JimK]

Great looking Carnitas, Luke.

 

[Robert-R]

Oh.... we love carnitas. You did them up right! Where's the salsa?

 

[Edison W]

Great cook!!!!!!