My first pulled pork cook on my Kettle

[NorthOfTheBorder]

Getting ready for my first shot at pulled pork. Everything is ready for a 4am start, shoulders are dry brining, kettles set up,dry rub is mixed , beer is in the fridge cooling. The list for ingredients is ready for what I need for the BBQ sauce. Let's see how this goes. Ill try to take pics as i go. and keep this post updated

[NorthOfTheBorder]

Got the dry dust on just waiting for the fire to get up to temp

[RonB]

Lookin' forward to your full report - and samples.

[kairoer]

Looks nice! I love using my kettle for pulled pork!

[Parnicus]

Looking good! Sit back and enjoy the process...and the beer!

[DWCowles]

Sweeeeet!

[NorthOfTheBorder]

So I'm about 4.5hrs or so into it, back deck smells so good the snake is running a little warm but not too bad ~245 one shoulder is at 173 the other 161. So as far as I can tell everything's doing good

[Henrik]

Nice one, I like these 'live' reports! You're in for a treat!

That aluminum pan, is it a drip pan, or do you have water in it too? If you don't have water anywhere, may I recommend spraying the meat just a little?

[NorthOfTheBorder]

Filled with boiling water this morning

[NorthOfTheBorder]

Quick peak to check the amount of fuel left.

[NorthOfTheBorder]

Question for who ever is on, if I'm running out of my snake and I still need more time, should I add pre-lit charcoal or start rebuilding the snake back the other way with unlit ones?

[FLBuckeye]

Pre-lit is fine, just restrict the air a bit to keep the temp down. I also suggest getting a SnS for your kettle.

[NorthOfTheBorder]

Yes a SnS is the next piece for it but being up here in Canada it's a little pricey to get it here

[NorthOfTheBorder]

First shoulder done at 10.5hrs it's now wrapped and in a cooler just waiting for the other one to finish

[JOE E]

If a sns was used how much kbb would you use and how long would you think it would go?

[Spinaker]

You would probably have to refill the SNS once though out the cook. The time frame would be very similar. Usually, I refill my SNS at 5 hours.

[Steve R.]

This past weekend I loaded up the SnS and stirred the coals at the 8 hr mark. I added about 1/2 a Weber chimney starter of KBB at that point and it took the cook time on out to about 18 hrs total. This is with the PartyQ, btw.

[NorthOfTheBorder]

Pulled the second one an hour or so later and wrapped it and put it into the cooler, time for another beer before i pull it