Al Pastor

[smokeasaurus]

Living in so-Cal most of my life I took great Mexican food for granted. When we lived in Texas, I felt the Tex Mex was not all that great. Here in Wisconsin I have not found any places that are even close to So-Cal.

One prop to Texas however was that there was a little Mexican restaurant in our town that had Al Pastor. It was the best I ever had.

So I have been hankerin for Al Pastor and found this video on the PBC site. I am all over it.

I sliced a pork butt and marinated it for 2 days. Used Chef Morito marinade (out of Los Angeles)
Slice a pineapple up thinly leaving the top and bottom.

Used the PBC turkey hanger and layered/skewered the pork and pineapple using the top and bottom of the pineapple for the bases.

See you soon when the charcoal gets hot

[ronman451]

That is awesome! I've been looking for something new and fun to try on my PBC... Can't wait to see the results!

[smokeasaurus]

Onto the PBC

Added some hickory and apple chips (which I normally do not do)

Going to spritz with pineapple juice every hour as well

Looking for internal temp of 165   see you all in 4-6 hours

[TentHunteR]

Looking good so far. Can't wait to see it finished.

[smokeasaurus]

4 hours and the pastor is at 168 internal.

Pulled it from the PBC and will let it rest.

Note to self (or anyone that is going to try this) I am going to cut the pineapple bottom way thicker next time. I was going to let it ride a bit longer on the PBC but noticed that the bottom was bowing down. A thicker cut of the pineapple bottom should do the trick.

[smokeasaurus]

While the meat was resting I put the cooking grate in the pit barrel and toasted up some corn tortillas


I stood the Pastor up and sliced it.   Yes, it sliced like warm butter


This was just a warm up  (I ate 7 tacos total )


The verdict?  Really fricking good. I will tweak the marinade next time. It is a very thick paste and I think I will add a little orange and pineapple juice to the marinade. As mentioned earlier, I will cut the pineapple bottom thicker.

All in all, good eats 

Thanks for looking at The Smokes cooking 

[HighOnSmoke]

Looks awesome Smoke!

[akjeff]

Good grief, that looks and sounds incredible! Gotta try that!

[UWFSAE]

Pastor breakfast tacos are a true thing of beauty.  Nice work!

[Pappymn]

Fantastic. I really want to try this. Great job


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[TMB]

WOW, Smoke that looks really good!!

[RAD]

Seven of them and cold beer. Yeah, that's what we're talking about.

[Roget]

Man o' man, I wish I had some of that.

[TentHunteR]

Man o' man, I wish I had some of that.

Me too! 

[Pam Gould]

That looks great..wonder how that would work in the SRG?  same setup but smaller...gonna try it.  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.