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Making pulled pork Saturday


Jason

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Started in a brine consisting of:

6 cups of water
49 grams kosher salt
8 grams brown sugar
at 3pm.

At 8:30 took it out of the brine.


Made an injection consisting of:

1/4 cup of the brine
1/4 cup of apple cider
2 tbsp cider vinegar
1 tbsp molases
1 tsp worchestershire sauce

Injected several locations on the shoulder.

Meat before rub:

[img]http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/7951/meat.jpg[/img]

After injecting rubbed. Rub recipe:


1/4 cup paprika
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated garlic
1 tbsp black pepper
1 tbsp onion powder
1 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp smoked paprika
3/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp allspice

The rubbed meat (it's redder than the pic looks, reflection from the flash):

[img]http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1039/rubbedmeat.jpg[/img]

In the refrigerator until 3am.
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[quote name='CincyInDC' timestamp='1341656042' post='1138078']
both "halves" of the shoulder or just one? Still have the bone in it? How much was it per pound?
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It's a 7.5 pound bone in Boston butt. Total price was $15.23.

Just made a mop sauce:

2 cloves of roughly chopped garlic
1 sliced large sweet onion
1 sliced large jalapeño pepper
3 dried chopped chili peppers
1 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp brown sugar
A couple pinches of the leftover rub
2 cups apple cider
1 cup cider vinegar
1/3 cup water

The mop sauce will sit in the fridge to let the flavors mingle for a couple of hours.
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sounds really good. I don't have the facilities to smoke anything, so I have to be satisfied with a crock pot and liquid smoke. A friend of mine uses her pressure cooker. Perhaps sacrilege, but any port in a storm I say.
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[quote name='CincyInDC' timestamp='1341660397' post='1138081']
sounds really good. I don't have the facilities to smoke anything, so I have to be satisfied with a crock pot and liquid smoke. A friend of mine uses her pressure cooker. Perhaps sacrilege, but any port in a storm I say.
[/quote]

I've made bbq in a crockpot before.
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The last 2 picture qualities aren't great, but here they are:

Done:

[IMG]http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5009/porkdone.jpg[/IMG]

Pulled:

[IMG]http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8052/pulled.jpg[/IMG]
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One last pic that is a little better.

[IMG]http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/7752/betterk.jpg[/IMG]

Plans for the pork this week:

1 more meal of sandwiches.
Making nachos.
Barbecue'd spaghetti (this is awesome!)
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[quote name='Bunghole' timestamp='1341722123' post='1138163']
Dude, I have to give it up to you. I like my grill and all, but you are my liege, Jarl, King and Master. Will you adopt an adult child?
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Jarl... that's from Skyrim.
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[quote name='CincyInDC' timestamp='1341660397' post='1138081']
sounds really good. I don't have the facilities to smoke anything
[/quote]

Get ya one of these.

[img]http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/78/97/92/22/0078979222424_500X500.jpg[/img]



here's a little better pic for scale:

[img]http://img.orbitbid.com/2012/01/26/JTS%202-2%20420.JPG[/img]


Char-Griller Portable. It's really a sidecar that comes with legs.. Too small for a 7.5lb cut, but I've done a 3lb brisket & all sorts of other stuff with good results. It hardly takes up any space at all, less than 2' in any dimension. It's not [i]that[/i] portable - weighs just under 40lbs & is built like a tank. There's a sliding drawer for coals & vents at either end, so it's pretty easy to keep it at temp for hours. $50 at Rural King.
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[quote name='T-Dub' timestamp='1341771175' post='1138198']
Get ya one of these.

[img]http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/78/97/92/22/0078979222424_500X500.jpg[/img]



here's a little better pic for scale:

[img]http://img.orbitbid.com/2012/01/26/JTS%202-2%20420.JPG[/img]


Char-Griller Portable. It's really a sidecar that comes with legs.. Too small for a 7.5lb cut, but I've done a 3lb brisket & all sorts of other stuff with good results. It hardly takes up any space at all, less than 2' in any dimension. It's not [i]that[/i] portable - weighs just under 40lbs & is built like a tank. There's a sliding drawer for coals & vents at either end, so it's pretty easy to keep it at temp for hours. $50 at Rural King.
[/quote]

How do you smoke dope in one of those?

:shrug:

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Made barbecued spaghetti for dinner tonight.


Recipe:

Start the spaghetti water and add salt

Finely chop:
1 medium bell pepper (I used yellow - the original recipe calls for green)
1 medium red onion
3 to 5 cloves of garlic to taste.

Roughly chop 1.5 pounds (estimate) of pulled pork.

Pre-heat a sauté pan over medium high heat.

Add enough olive oil (not extra virgin) to lightly cover the bottom of the pan and reduce to medium heat.

Add in the chopped pepper, cook stirring for 2 minutes.
Add the chopped onion and cook for 8 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste and a pinch of the left over BBQ rub.
When the onion has been in for 7 minutes add in the chopped garlic.

By now the spaghetti water should be boiling. Add in 2 to 3 servings of spaghetti. Cook for the minimum time on the packet instructions.

Add in the pulled pork and cook for 5 minutes.

Add in 1 bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce. (I used the 280 gram bottle of Montgomery Inn).

Stir constantly and cook until the spaghetti is done. Drain the spaghetti and add, along with a couple of ounces of the spaghetti water, to the pan of meat and and sauce and cook for another minute.

Remove from heat and serve.


[IMG]http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg99/scaled.php?server=99&filename=bbqsp.jpg&res=landing[/IMG]
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You need to convert to Islam and quit eating swine :P

 

WRONG.

 

incidentally, we have a bunch of guys from Dubai visiting our office this week.  They are customers of ours and we are "wining and dining" them while they are in Munich.  Let me be frank here...it's difficult in Germany to wine and dine people who 1) don't drink and 2) don't eat pork. Just sayin'...

 

I never get tired of this song.

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