When cooking some types of BBQ where you have to be pretty vigilant to make sure its at the perfect temperature, timings can be important, and making sure your BBQ is not drying out etc. However, there are some types of BBQ that are extremely easy to produce fantastic end results. Probably the best example I can think of is smoking a pork butt to make juice and tender pulled pork.
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Step 1: This pulled pork recipe starts with a pretty large 10 lb bone-in pork butt. Notice the extensive fat marbling throughout the meat. That’s what you want to see.
Step 2: To get as much bark as possible in the end product, you need to increase the surface area exposed to the rub/smoke. So with a sharp knife, cut across the pork butt over the bone to butterfly the meat.
Step 3: On the top side, you’ll probably want to trim down the fat cap a little. Fat is flavor, but there are limits to how much fat you’ll want in your pulled pork.
Step 4: To provide a binder for the rub, an application of mustard was used. Any cheap mustard will do (French’s, for instance), its not adding much flavor. You’re just using it as an edible glue.
Step 5: For this recipe, the Recteq Honey Rib Rub was used (Brown Sugar, White Sugar, Salt, Pepper, Garlic, Paprika, Chili Powder, Oregano, Cayenne), and you’ll want to go pretty heavy with it to develop a good bark.
Step 6: Make sure to season all sides and edges of the pork butt. Remember, the pork butt was cut across to spread it out to give more surface area for rub application.
Step 7: You could smoke this pork butt overnight for 8 hours at 225 degrees for maximum smoke flavor. For this recipe, the pork butt was cooked at 325 degrees for 6 hours.
Step 8: When cooked, you’ll be looking for an internal temperature in the pork butt of around 200 degrees. However, you’ll also want to probe for tender. In other words, the probe should easily go into all areas of the pork butt once its cooked to tender.
Step 9: A pork butt cooked to tender will literally fall apart in your hands. You can then use the pulled pork for sandwiches or have it on some rice etc. Fantastic!
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