Pulled Pork on the #2

[BedouinBob]

I had a 14# pork butt in the freezer that needed some help so I brined it overnight Thursday in prep for a Saturday meal. Did a simple brine of 1 gal water, 1 c salt, 1c brown sugar, 2T onion powder, 1T garlic powder, 2T Old Bay seasoning. Friday evening I rinsed, put yellow mustard on, and used some Schultz' Gourmet rub from Costco. Then in to the #2 with a water pan and 6 oz red oak on Friday night about 2000. At 1600 the next day, it reached 190 deg IT. Put it in a cooler wrapped with foil and towels for about 1.5 hours. Tasty results happened. 

 

[pargolfr2003]

Looks great Bob! Did you put out any sauce with it?

 

[ibbones]

Pork butt is the BEST!  Looks really good.

 

[NDKoze]

14 lbs is a pretty big butt.

Looks awesome!

 

[jcboxlot]

+1

A great pulled pork machine!

 

[BedouinBob]

No one did sauce except my sister in law. We had sourdough biscuits with it and she made a sandwich with it. I reserve butter and honey for my sourdough biscuits.  8)

 

[Sodaking27]

Bob,
      That's one nice looking butt you got there.

 

[BedouinBob]

Why thank you Don. I work out regularly...  :

 

[AlinMA]

Why thank you Don. I work out regularly...  :

Hey Bob.....Good one!
Nothing wrong with a little humor in the morning.

 

[va_rider]

That looks amazing! I'm going to do a pork butt tomorrow night, hopefully the results will be as good as yours. I've been able to perfect brisket on my #2... Pork butts have been good, but not perfect.

 

[drains]

looks like you'll have plenty of pulled pork for a while now. it looks delicious, great job!

 

[Perkolater]

I'm getting hungry

Nicely done Bob!

 

[40 caliber]

Looks awesome!


I've never found a butt bigger than 10lbs in the north east. typically they are bone out. is this a bone in and does that add to the weight?

I have been told get over to costco but have not checked their yet. 10lbs tend to be enough  anyway

 

[DivotMaker]

14 lbs???  Wow!  Biggest I've ever seen is around 12.  That must have been Hogzilla!  Nice!! 8)

 

[GarthMN]

Is it lunch time yet?

 

[BedouinBob]

Tom, yes the bone is added to the weight but it is worth it IMHO. The bone adds flavor I think.

Also, full disclosure, I went back and looked again at the packaging and the butt was closer to 12 pounds. Not a Hogzilla but a nice sized butt. My bad but still tasty.  8)

 

[DivotMaker]

That's still a big butt, Bob!  Fantastic find, and oh so tasty!

 

[NDKoze]

14 lbs???  Wow!  Biggest I've ever seen is around 12.  That must have been Hogzilla!  Nice!! 8)

This one was 25 pounds. It barely fit in my #3 and was only 1" from the sidewalls in my #3.
http://smokinitforums.com/index.php?topic=2308.0

I had another butt from this farmer that was 19lbs. I made backboard bacon out of that one. They were OK, but a little tougher than a 7-9 pounder from a 200-250 pound hog. The 7-9 pound butts ate still my favorite size to smoke.

 

[Perkolater]

That's one two hognormous butts Gregg