Today's cook... Pork Shoulder and a Chuckie

[Braddymac]

Ok, pork is pulled, it's tasty...  But not as good as usual...  Texture is off, a bit more "chopped" than pulled.  Decent flavor, but I'm gonna mark it as a fail in my cook notes.


Fire gave out before meat was done, (my fault, I only used 5-6 lbs of charcoal... Thought I used more, but I just weighed what was a brand new bag and scales don't lie!).   I had to finish in the oven.

Beef is resting. 

Jury is out...

[Braddymac]

Beef didn't pull well either...  I'm gonna chalk it up to user error with the charcoal compounded by a very gusty windy day.

Ended up slicing the chuckie, so for tomorrow's menu, pulled beef changes sliced roast sliders...  Will bring some horseradish and probably no one will be the wiser.  Pulled pork changes to chopped pork, with BBQ sauce.

Both marked as fails in the cooks notes though.

Try, try again!

[Pappymn]

I've had some tough chuck in the past. No amount of cooking was going to help. Sometimes it just goes that way......

[HighOnSmoke]

I've had some tough chuck in the past. No amount of cooking was going to help. Sometimes it just goes that way......

Oh most definitely have had some tough chuckies! One I took to 208 IT and it still wouldn't pull. Ended up slicing it
and doing the gravy thing with it.  Goes with the territory I guess! 

[Scallywag]

What you consider a failure.. I bet the people eating will call it a winner!

[Braddymac]

What you consider a failure.. I bet the people eating will call it a winner!

I sure hope so!  Thanks!

[happyappy]

I smoked my first chuckie last weekend.  I was going for a texture like pulled pork so I took it to 205 degrees before FTC.  I honestly thought I'd ruined it it came out so black.

It wouldn't pull apart, but it did slice nice.  The meat was actually quite tender with a hard bark.  I saved it by making a brisket sauce using a recipe bbqchef posted awhile back.  Here's the link to his post and recipe http://www.letstalkbbq.com/index.php?topic=6322.msg80740#msg80740

I dipped the slices in the sauce before putting them on a sandwich.  My family raved about the "brisket" I'd made.  Doesn't matter how you get there as long as it tastes good in the end!   

[Braddymac]

All's we'll that ends well....  The pot luck feast was outrageous, everything from Korean tacos to a crock pot of chili, cakes, pies and cookies.

All was delicious, including the pork and chuckie.  They weren't what I wanted them to be, but they were still declared to be good!

Thanks all!

[4cornersmoker]

Sure did look good to me. Sorry that it didn't turn out to your liking. but that is BBQ'n. Sometimes you nail it sometimes you don't. Still all looks good.