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    Getting More Bark

    Hey all. I did pork shoulder on my still pretty new PBC tonight for the second time. It turned out pretty alright, but I want more bark. I had the shoulder on there for about 3.5 hours and then wrapped it when it hit 160. It only took another hour for it to get to 205.

    I'm thinking that I just need to put more time into it and not wrap in the future. Any advice? Thanks!

    #2
    Don't wrap at all. Running 275-ish I wanna say 6-8 hours was the norm.

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    • Greygoose
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      This ^

    #3
    Wrapping does or can stop the bark formation, so your plan of not wrapping will help for the next cook. Also, what kind of rub did you use? That can help as well, from my experience.

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    • vibemore
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      I made Meathead's Mephis Dust and that's what I used.

    #4
    It's as simple as don't wrap until the bark is where you want it, regardless of what cooker you are using. In a PBC, you probably don't need to wrap at all.

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    • Ahumadora
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      +1

    • HawkerXP
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      +2

    #5
    I also cut butts in half. Double the surface area for more bark! WOOF, WOOF!

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    • scottranda
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      Yep!! Cut in half. And no wrapping.

    • BFlynn
      BFlynn commented
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      I do that too. Cut in half = more bark.

    #6
    What they said. PBC makes great pork butts. Run at 275ish. And no wrapping.

    No faux cambro either.

    Kathryn

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      #7
      Thanks, everybody!

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      • Scott Wat
        Scott Wat commented
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        Thanks for the tips everyone! I won't wrap the next one.

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