I have been recovering from cervical disk surgery that I had Friday before last. I am restricted on what I can do (can't drive, can't lift over 5 lbs.,etc). In other words I am bored out of my mind.
So yesterday I decided to smoke a pork butt that I had in the freezer. Don't worry it was a small one and after trimming it was at 5.5 lbs which I figure is close enough to the weight restrictions.
I was going to try to follow SouthernSmoked's molasses recipe but veered a bit.
So I gathered the troops. Some Dizzy Dust, jalapeno rub, and molasses for the base.
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Slathered the butt with the molasses and the rub
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Wrapped it up for a good night's rest
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I got up at 5:30 this morning, pulled the butt out of the fridge and added a little more rub and into the Bradley at 225* and 4 hours of hickory.
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Then I went back to sleep and woke up at about 8:30 to check it. Looking good.
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This was a stubborn butt, it was only 5.5 lbs and was cooked by itself. Yet it took 10.5 hours. To give an example of the stall, at 10am it was 156*; at 10:42 it was 160*; at 11:26 it was 163; at 3:00 it was 171 and finally broke the stall.
Here it is ready to come out. (Notice the quality control piece missing.)
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Ready to FTC.
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So now I'll wait a couple of hours and we'll have pulled pork sammies, and potato salad.
That looks great! It's good to see you doing something...but don't push it!
Ditto! Better make sliders... On a paper plate. ;D
Looks great, I'll put in a prayer request for you at church, back problems I've been there done that. I took up guitar playing to keep from going crazy, probably the only reason I'm sane today!
Ya done good Gus, that puppie is going be some good eatin... nice bark...
Oh my. Wish I could of had a piece for quality control sake :)
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Glad your up and movin around, Thats a good sign!!! Nice lookin piglet :-X
Gus
It sounds like you are doing rather good. I am a little slower to get glued together. They fused my lower back and I feel like Humpty Dumpty. Kind of cracked and loose and not quite glued back together yet. I just took a 15 minute walk and am kind of sore. It is going to be a while before I get to the smoker. Nice job on the pork. Take it slow and don't get into trouble moving too much at first
KC
I'll bet that molasses bark had a nice ZING to it.
Good to see you up and around but take good care of yourself.
Looks most Excellent!!!
Looks real good there Gus.
Now thats a good lookin hunk of pork.
Good ta here your up moving around.
When I had my knee rebuilt I made models of muscle cars. ::)
Nice job Gus! Even while you are recovering you can still make some tasty eats ;)
That pork butt looks tasty, quality control is very important
Well Gus why didn't you call me I would have come by and helped you get that out of the smoker ;). I would even help you eat it. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: TMB on June 04, 2012, 07:30:29 PM
I would even help you eat it. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
That's why I didn't call, figured you would carry it in and finish it by the time it got inside ;D ;D ;D