Tonight's Cook

[Opusfxd]

Yum. Just did one of those last night.

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Here are the completed pics. I took it off the smoker around 1:30 AM Saturday morning and pulled it shortly after that. We had it yesterday and it turned out pretty good. I also made some ABT's, but I didn't get any pics of those.



Just off the smoker.



After pulling.

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Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

Do you baste them or glaze them for the last 45 minutes? I try not to baste very often, "Looking is not cooking" adadge. Looks nice. My friend recently bought the same smoker.

Certainly looks yummy, good job!

I haven't ever seen a reason to baste the pork shoulders. There is so much fat and connective tissue in them that they stay pretty juicy. Now with ribs I will spray them with apple juice during the cook to keep them juicy.

Usually with the pork shoulder, the lid is opened maybe 3 times or so during the cook. I have been pleased with my WSM. It almost makes it too easy to make good BBQ.

[rennD]

So I am guessing the finished product is now consumed

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Originally Posted by mojo65

how often do you need to add briq's to the fire box? and what temp is the smoker running? Id love to have a treager but thats way out of my price range, so a WSM will have to suffice.

Your shoulders look yummy!

I did a full ring of charcoal, which is maybe about 1/3rd bag of charcoal, maybe a bit more. And with that it went for 9 hours or so and could have went a couple more. I cooked this one a little higher than normal as I was pressed for time. Normally I would have stayed as close to 250 as I could, but I was running 275 to 280.

Originally Posted by rennD

So I am guessing the finished product is now consumed

Sadly yes, but there's a brisket and some ribs with my name on them waiting to be smoked in the next couple weeks.