It's been a while since I did a big cook, so I dusted off the 'ol WSM and burned out the spiders overnight and got her nice and cleaned up.
Fourth of July sales were nice, I got natural Pork Shoulder for "only" $3.59 lb and natural Baby Backs for $2.99 lb.
Rubbed with Oakridge Secret Weapon and Comp on the butts, Comp and Dominator on the ribs with a little Habanero Death Dust.
Fired it up with hickory and apple chunks buried throughout the charcoal ring and started it off at 250F with fairly thick blue smoke rolling for about 3 hours, spritzing a few times with ACV/AJ/Wooster before I wrapped the ribs in foil with honey and Blues Hog Red and more AJ.
A friend came over and distracted me with adult beverages and Q Talk, so the ribs ended up braising for close to 2 hours, and when I opened the foil they were done, no time to glaze or sauce, just good tender meaty porky goodness.
No pics of the final product but everything turned out really good. This was relatively hot n fast with average temps 280 after the foil. The butts sat in foil with an internal of about 210 for an hour and a half, and that did the trick. Probed like butter after a 1 hour rest in the oven at 170F, and another hour sitting on the counter top in foil.
Thanks for looking, and I'll try to take more pics next time!
Fourth of July sales were nice, I got natural Pork Shoulder for "only" $3.59 lb and natural Baby Backs for $2.99 lb.
Rubbed with Oakridge Secret Weapon and Comp on the butts, Comp and Dominator on the ribs with a little Habanero Death Dust.
Fired it up with hickory and apple chunks buried throughout the charcoal ring and started it off at 250F with fairly thick blue smoke rolling for about 3 hours, spritzing a few times with ACV/AJ/Wooster before I wrapped the ribs in foil with honey and Blues Hog Red and more AJ.
A friend came over and distracted me with adult beverages and Q Talk, so the ribs ended up braising for close to 2 hours, and when I opened the foil they were done, no time to glaze or sauce, just good tender meaty porky goodness.
No pics of the final product but everything turned out really good. This was relatively hot n fast with average temps 280 after the foil. The butts sat in foil with an internal of about 210 for an hour and a half, and that did the trick. Probed like butter after a 1 hour rest in the oven at 170F, and another hour sitting on the counter top in foil.
Thanks for looking, and I'll try to take more pics next time!
