Good morning everyone.. I have the bradley preheating right now with 3 hours of alder/apple combination at 190, then crank to 275 to get the IT to 195-200 range.
I'll be opening the cabinet and using a applecider/brown sugar spritz every 30 to 45 minutes until done.
I'll provide some pictures as i go along. planning on pulling the pork
Figured 4 pound shoulder should take 6 to 7 hours but i'll trust the thermometer
this site has been helpful and i appreciate all of it from you folks
Chris
Good luck to ya! I'm sure it will turn out as good or better than you hope.
One word of advice, if you open the door every 30-45 minutes it will most likely take longer than you originally estimated as you will lose a ton of heat each time you open the door, particularly until the meat comes up to temp.
Smoke On!
after 3 hours of smoke, the pork was sitting around 170 IT
I cranked the temp as high as i can get it.. right now around 265-270 range.
After 1 hour of that temp and 2 door openings to spray with apple im at 180 IT
I would say im well on my way so far.
I do not intend on wrapping it to continue cooking, but i want to foil towel cooler for an hour or 2 before shredding it
sound reasonable?
TIMELINE
insert pork at 8:12am at 190 degrees and smoke for 3 hours
11:15am crank the heat to 275 degrees let it heat up for 1 hour
12:15pm spray apple juice on it, and foil, return to cabinet
3:00pm internal temp reached 205 degrees
right now its removed FTC
pulling for dinner at 5pm
pictures to follow at dinner :)
sounds like you did a great job congrats