Sorry, I couldn't help it......
The Missus has been wanting me to make pulled pork since She had the Pulled Pork Hash at Nate's. I'd been wanting to use my meat injector (now that just sounds wrong), so I bought a bone in 7 1/2 pound butt Friday on the way home from work.
So before going to bed I had a chance to....ahem...play with my butt.
I basically used Slap Yo Daddy's Bone In Pork Butt recipe as a guide, making some adjustments for our taste. First thing's first, the injection sauce:
1 Cup Apple Juice
1/2 Cup Turbinado Sugar
3 Tb Kosher Salt
1 Tb Worcestershire Sauce
1 Tb Rib Rub
3 Tb White Vinegar
1 Tb Ghost Pepper Louisiana style Hot Sauce
I decided to name my butt, "Ben Dover".......
For obvious reasons......
I reserved a half cup of the liquid and injected the rest in a 1 1/2 inch grid pattern over the pork. I then used about 3/4 cup of my rib rub on the butt.
I then tucked Ben in for the night.....
I got up at 5am, got my act together, got the smoker going. At six I put Ben into the smoker.
I kept the pork as cold as possible before smoking, which creates a better smoke ring........I also kept the fat cap on, laying it fat side down.
After five hours things looked good.....
The butt was hitting about 160. Because the Missus had promised folks at work pulled pork, I needed to finish up fairly quickly, so I went with the Texas Crutch like Slap Yo Daddy recommends. I used a double layer of foil and poured this mixture over the butt - SYD uses butter, I did not, I did add the leftover injection mixture though.
6 ounces beer (in this case Tecate)
1/2 cup leftover injection liquid
1/2 cup tubinado sugar
2 Tb Ghost Pepper Louisiana style Hot Sauce
I left things alone for 2 hours then started checking the temp. After 3 hours it hit 195 and I removed it and let it sit for an hour.
I poured off all the fat and liquid, which had some nice fat since I left the fat cap on the pork. I removed all the liquid and used two forks to pull the pork. I had a taste and basically used the technique from my Oven Kalua Pork recipe to reintroduce some fat/liquid into the pork. I also added about two tablespoons of Maldon Sea Salt; I had cut down on the amount of salt in my rib rub, so this was a necessary step.
The flavors were quite nice; it really didn't need any sauce. In the end, The Missus got Her veggies and pulled pork, Her coworkers got their pork, and I got a pretty decent sandwich.
Da' Boyz also made out. Whenever I smoke, i'll do something for them. This time around I saw Beef Knee Bones on sale at Zion Market and bought a bunch. I smoked these up so Frankie has a once a week treat.
I guess everyone wins when I play with my butt???
:D this whole post is way too funny!! the meat looks so delicious. since matthew and I have been eating mostly vegetarian for the past two months, all pork looks so, so good to me right now ;D
Posted by: Lynnea | Sunday, 09 March 2014 at 08:46 PM
Haha I'm writing up a post about my slow-cooker version of this dish! It's infinitely better smoked, though :P I'm gonna try beer or cola next time to add some extra sweetness/maltiness to the pork.
Posted by: Jinxieats | Monday, 10 March 2014 at 12:27 AM
wow wow wow
Posted by: kat | Monday, 10 March 2014 at 03:03 AM
Nice butt.
Posted by: nhbilly | Monday, 10 March 2014 at 05:35 AM
I had a lot of fun with this one Lynnea.....I hope I don't contribute to knocking you off the wagon tho'.
Hi Jinxi - Looking forward to your post.
LOL Kat!
THanks for noticing Billy!
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 10 March 2014 at 06:12 AM
Lol! I also love that you named it Ben...
Posted by: Kirbie | Monday, 10 March 2014 at 10:13 AM
This was the funniest post. It sounded like an 'indecent' movie: butt, slap yo daddy, ben dover. Is there another way to make this dish if one doesn't have a smoker?
Posted by: Faye | Monday, 10 March 2014 at 11:59 AM
It was such a studley piece of pork that it deserved its own name Kirbie!
Hi Faye - You can modify my oven kalua pork to make it more smokey:
http://mmm-yoso.typepad.com/mmmyoso/2005/10/oven_kalua_pork.html
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 10 March 2014 at 12:42 PM
Ha! Love this post, those pics are just indecent! Gotta look up slap yo daddy and that injector looks serious indeed
Posted by: foodhoe | Tuesday, 11 March 2014 at 05:49 PM
My goodness FH! I had a lot of fun with this one....I didn't expect so many people would as well.
Posted by: Kirk | Tuesday, 11 March 2014 at 07:02 PM
OMG, the puns in this post....gosh! Haha! I'm sure your canine friend next door was drooling away when you were smoking that butt!
Posted by: caninecologne | Wednesday, 12 March 2014 at 08:17 PM
Hi CC - Are you asking me if the neighbor's dog was coveting my butt?? LOL! Sorry, loe hanging fruit (there's another pun in there somewhere), but I couldn't help it.
Posted by: Kirk | Thursday, 13 March 2014 at 06:10 AM