"COOK -OFF" FOR PULLED PORK

You have to go with what you know. Don't wait until then to experiment with our suggestions.

Have you done much PB?

How are the regional tastes (you profile doesn't tell us where you are) so you'll have to go with something they'll like to eat.

If you're going with the wrap, go with the small ones and make them to order. Some won't like slaw, some will. Have two sauces.

About a year ago, I smoked a PB overnight to serve to my family on Saturday evening. Mid-afternoon, I had it finished and FTCed, when my neighbors decided to have a spur of the moment adult block party that evening. It happens often, and everybody brings food and drinks to share. Since the PB was done, my offering was a no brainer.

I was trying to figure what to serve the pulled pork on, and my wife said she would go to the store and find something. She returned about an hour later with a huge bag of little buns. She said that when she was driving to the grocery, she saw a White Castle, did a U turn, went into the store, and asked if she could buy just buns. The counter woman said that she could probably sell her some, but had no idea what to charge since she had never done it before. My wife told her to come with a price, and after some thought, the woman said that my wife would have to buy a whole bag, and the price would $0.01 per bun - $1.00 for the bag of 100 buns. My wife agreed, paid, and left rapidly. The buns were perfect for the function.

So, if you have a White Castle, or something similar in your area, give it a shot.

I served the pulled pork sliders with a homemade mustard sauce, BBQ sauce, and cole slaw - all on the side to let the folks dress them up as they wished.

Sounds good. Creativity strikes again. But if I were at White Castle, I would have also had a couple sliders.

You can also do pork 'sundaes'

get a plastic cup.

put in pork, beans, slaw, pork sauce or any combination you like

YES, I HAVE DONE SERVERAL PB AND THEY TURN OUT WONDERFUL. I INJECT THEM JUST LIKE THE COOKSHACK RECEIPE AND LET IT SIT OVERNIGHT AND THEN RUB IT WITH SPICE RIGHT BEFORE THE SMOKER. THE BARK IS ALWAYS SO GOOD. THEN WHEN THEY ARE DONE I WRAP THEM IN FOIL FOR AN HOUR. THE OTHER DAY I SMOKED A PB AND MY WIFE WAS HELPING ME AND A PIECE OF PORK FELL UNTO THE CONCRETE. SHE PICKED IT UP AND CALLED THE 3 MINUTE RULE AND ATE IT . I HAVE NEVER SEEN HER DO THIS IN 25 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. IS THAT LEGAL ?

Don't know where you are, but around here Holsom Bread produces a dinner roll almost exactly like a White Castle bun. They come 24 to a bag, in a block of 12. With a long knife you can slice all the way through a block and flip the tops off, spread pulled pork and slaw over all of them at one time, then flip the top back on and cut into individual sandwiches. Works great and is the fastest way I know to make 12 sandwiches at a time.

Hey Greg, turn off the all caps (it's SHOUTING in forum speak)

what region of the country are you?

If you can go with the bread or rolls, I vote for that, the tortilla's just aren't BBQ (but pork and Mexican cooking go well)

If you get to serve them, who decides/votes?

thanks for all your help. we are going to go with the rolls. ps. i turned off the caps for you okie !!! i always aim to please.. ps i am in wisconsin , home of miller beer and harly motor cycles.

thanks.

Find some rolls that would work, and if you can do them on site, directly to the customer, you can probably talk up a good story about the food and give them a choice of sauce, slaw/no slaw.

Good luck, let us know how it goes.

Don't forget to sprinkle some rub on the pork after you pull it, as a little more flavor besides just the bark.

i am sorry for yelling, i type everything in caps. i am new to this and didn't realise it was such a big deal. i guess i will never ask anymore questions and then i won't have to worry about yelling anymore.

A little OT for educational purposes (forgive me Smokin'):

Luv2q4u -- You can edit anything your post, including using all CAPS! On your post, go to the lower right corner and click on the folder with a little pencil-eraser. You will be able to change the entire post if you'd like. You will also be able to re-type with the "cap-lock" OFF. Using all caps in a post is considered YELLING as Smokin has stated before.

Just FYI...

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i guess i will never ask anymore questions and then i won't have to worry about yelling anymore.

Luv2, please, don't quit asking questions. We all learn from the questions others ask. And as they say, the only dumb question is the one not asked.

Nobody was calling you a bad person because you made an innocent mistake. This is one of the friendliest groups on the web. All caps is actually considered a breach of protocol when corresponding anywhere on the net, not just on this forum. So now you know. Let's what say we get back to talking our favorite subject. BBQ!

LUV2Q4U -- Please don't take this personally. We're all here to learn. My post was two-fold: first to show you how to edit a post and second that typing in all caps is considered yelling.

If I have offended you, please accept my apology. That certainly wasn't my intent.

Peace!

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Originally posted by LUV2Q4U:
... i am new to this and didn't realise it was such a big deal. i guess i will never ask anymore question..

You seem to be taking it wrong. It was a polite request, you responded and fix (and I said thanks) end of story.

But you brought it back up. Don't sweat it, you have to realize for some of us, we read 1,000's of posts.

you got it down now, so feel free to ask any questions.

Hec. I didn't realize that all caps was considered yelling. Even so, if you don't know then it's no foul.

Funny thing. Whenever I write a note, it's always in CAPS. Guess I've been yelling at people for years. Oops.

OK. So what's considered whispering?

ok thanks ... will let you know how the cook-off goes tomorrow. i am throwing in the pb right now. i need the done by 2:00 pm.

Check them puppies when you get up in the AM. If they've not made it thru the plateau you might want to crank it up to 250. This will give you time to FTC then pull.

Good luck & let us know how it goes!

Good luck on the contest, let us know how you do.

Don't forget to add a little rub at the end to "pop" the flavor a little more

Any results?

greetings, i won the contest with the pb .i want to thank every one of you that help. i injected it with the apple vinegar receipe by cookshack and it was so gooood people came back three to four times and more.. just for the meat. i heard people talking to some other people and they said that the pork was to die for. i also mixed a sweet baby rays bbq sauce and the spicy cookshack bbq sauce together and it was fabulus.thanks again greg

Congratulations!

Congrats Luv2Q

Congrats on your success!!