Low Effort Pulled Pork for the 4th

[Dustin Dorsey]

I smoked a 9 pound pork but on the 22.5 inch WSM for the 4th. Seasoned with Meat Church Holy Gospel. I used peach chunks.


I cheated and used the Signals/Billows for an overnight cook. I ran at 225 from about 9 til 6 in the morning, then I cranked it to 250 and wrapped to finish it around noon.


After I pulled off the pork and had it resting in the cooler, I threw on some jalapeno popper sausage. By this point the smoke was depleted. The trick is finding the hot part of the charcoal to throw another chunk on. I switched to an apple chunk just to mix it up.

WSM doing it's thing.


Finished pulled pork. In keeping with the laziness theme I forgot to take some plated pics. I served it on Hawaiian slider buns with some Franklin vinegar sauce.

It was good to fire up the WSM again. In a few weeks I'm planning another brisket on the Franklin pit.

 

[Rich Dahl]

Looks good Dustin, you weren't being lazy you were being smart on that cook.

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

Dustin, I am completely on board with the “lazy tendency”! I’m not one to overthink or over work any project anymore once I start it. All I need is to overthink it well before I start then I can be really casual!
That looks great!

 

[ChuckO]

Looks awesome Dustin. Your 9 to noon the next day is much like my cook last Friday. I burned a full 18LBS bag and then another two dozen charcoals. How did you fare?

 

[Dustin Dorsey]

Well, I had 3 open bags of charcoal so what went in was a mix of Weber, KBB, and B&B (Mostly B&B the other 2 bags were close to empty). I'm guessing it was close to 18 to 20 pounds but I think I've got a lot of unburnt briquettes in there that I'll reuse. I always mound it up taller than the charcoal ring just because I hate having to add charcoal later in the cook. It's super hot so the WSM uses a lot less charcoal. The WSM is probably at 150 just sitting in the sun.

 

[Tim Campbell]

Outstanding, Dustin!!

 

[Randy G]

Looks great Dustin. Are you happy with signals and billows?

 

[Dustin Dorsey]

Looks great Dustin. Are you happy with signals and billows?

I'm happy with it. It could be better. I hate pulling it our for a cook and finding out I need a firmware update for instance. I've got enough experience with technology and cooking that I can handle most potential problems.