Our neighborhood grocery store had picnic roasts on sale for $0.99 a pound. I bought a 9.66 pound roast, dry brined for 24 hours, and did an overnight low and slow on the Performer.
Trimmed, salted and wrapped. Saved the skin to make a halloween mask. Or cracklins. Maybe both.
Rubbed with yellow mustard for binder, then MMD.
Getting the coals lit. I decided (against my better judgement to use a snake) to use the charcoal baskets, along with some hickory chunks for smoke. Roast went on at 11:30p.
I checked on things at 4:30a, and only one of the baskets had stayed lit. Oh well, temp was okay at 230F. Restocked the one basket, and put some more lit coals on the unlit basket. Back to bed.
Checked again at 9:30a. Same one basket not lit, other with a few remaining coals. Reloaded the one basket, put a few more lit coals on the unlit basket. Temp still fine at 230F, so no biggie.
Checked again at 11:30a, reloaded the one blessed basket that had burned down again. Didn't bother with the other that was still unlit. Roast temp was 185F. Decided not to wrap, and keep on truckin'.
Gave it a couple more hours, checked at 1:30p. Roast temp was 195F. Decided to pull it, and loosely wrap in foil, let carry over bring it all the way home.
1 hour rest, then ready to pull. Made some BBQ sauce while it rested (pot in the back).
Pulled nicely! Bones came out clean. One full sheet tray of deeeelicious pork.
Sauteed some purple onions, and toasted some buns. Finished product. My DLSW loved it, so that's good enough for me. Actually it was really good. I had a second sandwich for dinner.
I've used the baskets for slow, long cooks before, and it's not too bad. I'm going back to using the snake method though. It's less work, and I'm too lazy.
Trimmed, salted and wrapped. Saved the skin to make a halloween mask. Or cracklins. Maybe both.
Rubbed with yellow mustard for binder, then MMD.
Getting the coals lit. I decided (against my better judgement to use a snake) to use the charcoal baskets, along with some hickory chunks for smoke. Roast went on at 11:30p.
I checked on things at 4:30a, and only one of the baskets had stayed lit. Oh well, temp was okay at 230F. Restocked the one basket, and put some more lit coals on the unlit basket. Back to bed.
Checked again at 9:30a. Same one basket not lit, other with a few remaining coals. Reloaded the one basket, put a few more lit coals on the unlit basket. Temp still fine at 230F, so no biggie.
Checked again at 11:30a, reloaded the one blessed basket that had burned down again. Didn't bother with the other that was still unlit. Roast temp was 185F. Decided not to wrap, and keep on truckin'.
Gave it a couple more hours, checked at 1:30p. Roast temp was 195F. Decided to pull it, and loosely wrap in foil, let carry over bring it all the way home.
1 hour rest, then ready to pull. Made some BBQ sauce while it rested (pot in the back).
Pulled nicely! Bones came out clean. One full sheet tray of deeeelicious pork.
Sauteed some purple onions, and toasted some buns. Finished product. My DLSW loved it, so that's good enough for me. Actually it was really good. I had a second sandwich for dinner.
I've used the baskets for slow, long cooks before, and it's not too bad. I'm going back to using the snake method though. It's less work, and I'm too lazy.
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