ExclusiveBBQ Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Hi all, I'll preface this by saying that I had a huge amount of help from over on Smoking Meat Forums when I posted about my plans to cook pulled pork for the first time. It was probably the main reason that I was able to nail this cook. Prep I did my pre the night before. I removed almost all of the surface fat and silverskin and the applied rub. Once trimmed, I injected it with a mix of apple juice and water, mixed with a little of my own all purpose rub. I then rubbed with my all purpose rub (recipe on my site) followed by a generous layer of Traeger's 'Pork & Poultry' rub. It then sat in the fridge overnight. Cook I'll try not to go into detail too much but essentially the cook followed these steps: Place on Traeger (Hickory and Cherry) @ 250°F for 3 hours then spray Check colour after 6 hours (I left it for longer to get a bit darker) Once the colour is good (dark brown), wrap tightly in foil and put into oven @ 275°F with temperature probes in. Once internal temperature reaches 207°F, take out and check tenderness. If bone is easy to remove, and it feels soft, wrap and rest in cool bag (I actually let it rest in the warm oven). Start of the cook 3 hours in 7 hours in Result Ultimately, I wouldn't actually do anything differently next time... I may have gotten different results by using different seasonings or cooking for longer but it was an incredible cut of pork (from a wonderful farm) and was very easy to cook. There seems to be conflicting advice when it comes to pulled pork (to wrap or not to wrap, trim all the fat or some etc.) but it seems clear that pork shoulder can take a lot and still turn out right. If it's a good quality bit of meat, I'd advise taking off all visible fat (not leaving a fat cap) as there's plenty of fat running through it. Wrapping also helped it to cook faster and meant that I was able to be naughty and add some butter and extra apple juice for more flavour. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub333 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Looks great; am sure it tasted great, too 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Lovely, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Nice one, I’m doing a butt on Friday on the Summit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Good job. Glad it went well for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Tunnell Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Looks great. Good job. I also love the pictures as they are quite professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExclusiveBBQ Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 13 minutes ago, Gavin Tunnell said: Looks great. Good job. I also love the pictures as they are quite professional. Thank you - trying to get better as I post more on Instagram/Twitter/FB and my website. And thanks to others for the kind comments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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