Picnic Pork Shoulder

[KenB]

Just took a picnic off the WSM and have it resting.Cooked at 225-250 for 9 hours. The roast was 8 pounds, foiled at 160 degrees and taken off at 198 degrees. I used water for the cook. I noticed the bark didn't develop as hard as the butts I have done using no water. Does the water prevent a good bark from forming?

 

[Len Dennis]

Foiling softens the bark,not the water.

 

[Craig Alumbaugh]

X2 on the foiling. I never foil a shoulder/butt until the end when it is resting

 

[TonyUK]

x 3. Foil seals the meat, & the steam softens the bark.

 

[David C]

I now open the foil towards the end of a cook to firm up the bark. A picnic is so lean I'd foil most times.