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Title: Hybrid Pulled Pork
Post by: drholly on March 15, 2015, 08:24:18 PM: No, the pig wasn't a hybrid, the method was.

My wife came home from the grocery store this morning with a boneless Boston Butt - about 4.75#. She said she told the girls we'd have pulled pork tonight and they could bring a friend. I tried to explain the concept of low & slow, but her suggestion was to "throw it in the crock pot." I decided to try something different, I remembered seeing something on another forum about hot and fast pulled pork. It's really sort of a cross between low & slow and hot and fast. Goes something like this:

Apply rub to the but - I used Fine Swine and Bovine (FS&B.)
Fire up the smoker to 225* (mine is electric.)
Add some wood chips - I used apple
Put the butt in in the smoker and keep the smoke going for about 3 hours.

When I pulled the butt it was about 140*
I put it on a rack in a roasting pan, added a couple cups of apple juice and some more FS&B
Cover with aluminum foil and crimp the edges tightly
Put in an oven pre-heated to 350*

Start checking at about 2 hours - there was still some resistance to the probe - temp was about 185
Tried again in 30 minutes - closer
At 3 hours the probe went in so smoothly - temp right around 203*

Let it rest for about 30 minutes
It pulled so easily it was unbelievable - no bear claws - one fork...

Flavor was excellent, very tender. Not as much bark as I'd like, might be because I kept eating it while pulling.... ;) ;) 8).

Thanks for looking.

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Title: Re: Hybrid Pulled Pork
Post by: HighOnSmoke on March 15, 2015, 08:26:14 PM: Awesome pulled pork David!
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Post by: teesquare on March 15, 2015, 08:32:27 PM: Looks great David!
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Post by: hikerman on March 15, 2015, 08:34:48 PM: Looks very good to me David! Just about any way you cook it....pulled pork is mighty fine!
Title: Re: Hybrid Pulled Pork
Post by: drholly on March 15, 2015, 08:40:14 PM: Quote from: hikerman on March 15, 2015, 08:34:48 PM
Just about any way you cook it....pulled pork is mighty fine!

You are right about that, Gene!
Title: Hybrid Pulled Pork
Post by: Pappymn on March 15, 2015, 08:58:20 PM: Slide me a plate! I'm hungry
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Post by: TMB on March 15, 2015, 09:28:41 PM: Looks great David, like and SRG butt fast and good
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Post by: fishingbouchman on March 15, 2015, 11:47:39 PM: Yum yum yum
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Post by: TwoPockets on March 15, 2015, 11:56:21 PM: Looks good David, when Momma's happy everybody is happy.
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Post by: Smokin Don on March 16, 2015, 12:16:16 AM: looks good to me David!!! Love pork!!! Don
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Post by: sliding_billy on March 16, 2015, 02:17:47 AM: Look good from here.
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Post by: Pam Gould on March 16, 2015, 03:16:05 AM: I could eat one of those for sure..looking good to me .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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Post by: muebe on March 16, 2015, 09:00:04 AM: Turbo pulled pork is good!
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Post by: Big Dawg on March 16, 2015, 01:50:08 PM: Lookin' good, David ! ! !

I always finish my long cooks in the oven when cooking for the family. Electricity is cheaper, and easier to control, than charcoal ! ! !

BD
Title: Re: Hybrid Pulled Pork
Post by: Hub on March 16, 2015, 02:52:53 PM: Nice "save" -- happy wife, happy life ::)

Hub
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Post by: pmillen on March 16, 2015, 03:14:24 PM: This is good to know. Looks perfect. Bookmarked. Thanx.
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Post by: TentHunteR on March 16, 2015, 03:31:20 PM: Yep, that'll work. Nothing wrong with how that turned out at all!

I'll gladly take a couple of sammies with some slaw please.
Title: Re: Hybrid Pulled Pork
Post by: tlg4942 on March 16, 2015, 03:47:53 PM: Looks like a winner!
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Post by: akruckus on March 17, 2015, 07:26:33 AM: Final product is all that matters, and it looks like you nailed it.
Title: Re: Hybrid Pulled Pork
Post by: Jaxon on March 17, 2015, 08:41:16 AM: You always know how to improvise to get the desired results.

Definitely not the time for sous vide...
Just sayin'...
Title: Re: Hybrid Pulled Pork
Post by: drholly on March 17, 2015, 10:48:38 AM: Quote from: Jaxon on March 17, 2015, 08:41:16 AM
Definitely not the time for sous vide...
Just sayin'...

;D Nope, sure wasn't.
But, I do have one coming up this week... stay tuned... ;)
Title: Re: Hybrid Pulled Pork
Post by: drholly on March 17, 2015, 10:50:46 AM: Quote from: Jaxon on March 17, 2015, 08:41:16 AM
You always know how to improvise to get the desired results.

I lean on the experience of folks like you, Jack, and the members of this community. I've often said, you can learn more here by accident than anywhere else by design.