First Pork Shoulder 2023

[ChuckO]

Never make this enough. It was about 9LBS going on the grill and it took 17 hours to cook. 13 hours on the WSM and the remaining 4 hours on the SmokeFire
Used diet coke with rum for the spritzer and Killer Hogs rub. My wife's famous slaw. The poor Gus got cooked thinking that the pork was done, only to have to wait for an hour, still good though

https://imgur.com/a/Ve2miHQ

 

[Brett-EDH]

You’re a patient man. What was your cook temp? Looks delicious.

 

[Brenda T]

That looks great. Asparagus has never waited too long, for me. I even like it cold.

 

[Peter Gallagher]

awesome! Looks great - can't wait the asparagus to hit here!

 

[Bob Bailey]

Never make this enough. It was about 9LBS going on the grill and it took 17 hours to cook. 13 hours on the WSM and the remaining 4 hours on the SmokeFire
Used diet coke with rum for the spritzer and Killer Hogs rub. My wife's famous slaw. The poor Gus got cooked thinking that the pork was done, only to have to wait for an hour, still good though

https://imgur.com/a/Ve2miHQ

Looks mighty tasty Chuck!

 

[ChuckO]

You’re a patient man. What was your cook temp? Looks delicious.

It was basically 250 while on the WSM, when I moved it to the SF, I set the temp at 275, but I had it on the left side (facing grill) which is the cooler of the two sides

 

[Tim Campbell]

Bleeping awesome, Chuck.

 

[Andy Kaminski]

Nice work Chuck.
I like the idea of Rum in the spritzer.
I don’t drink but the last year or so I‘ve been learning to use alcohol in some of my cooks.
I’m gonna have to give rum a try.

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

I like the rum aspect too, I’ve got several to try, I don’t spritz but as a glaze, I might try it.
I will need to get some butts on soon!

 

[Richard S]

17 hours…wow. Looks awesome! Shoulders are so good I sometimes wonder why I don’t do them as often either. But then I don’t always have the hours needed to commit to the cook!

 

[Dustin Dorsey]

That looks killer! I need to try scoring the fat cap.

 

[Darryl - swazies]

Looking great.......!
Ever since making Carnitas having regular pulled pork makes me feel like I am missing something!

 

[JeffG]

17 hr cook....yikes...the results are in.. = darn nice looking pork shoulder, Gus didn't stand a chance.

 

[ChuckO]

I like the idea of Rum in the spritzer. {snip}
I‘ve been learning to use alcohol in some of my cooks.
I’m gonna have to give rum a try.

Rum is a good to, specifically Spice Rum when cooking Pork Ribs & Shoulders. Another good alcohol is Jack Daniels and their Honey Jack

 

[ChuckO]

I need to try scoring the fat cap.

Scoring the fat cap allows for additional smoke penetration (imho) I've done it with Brisket also, and been happy with the results

 

[Joe T Gomez]

That looks good did you wrap

 

[Andy Kaminski]

Yeah that cap scoring is the way to go.
It not only has function it looks darn nice.
As they say, ya eat with your eyes first.