Anyone ever make Kalua Pig in Cookshack? If so, what's a good recipe/technique?
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Most recipes call for a pork butt rubbed with sea salt and liquid smoke...wrapped in Ti & Banana leaves and roasted 325 - 350.
You could go that route using your smoker, adjusting for the temp difference. If Banana/Ti leaves aren't available, foil it from the gi tgo and remove it from the foil at the plateau. (Save the foil juices for a finishing sauce.)
Continue smoking till it's pullable...around 195. Add back the foil juices.
You could go that route using your smoker, adjusting for the temp difference. If Banana/Ti leaves aren't available, foil it from the gi tgo and remove it from the foil at the plateau. (Save the foil juices for a finishing sauce.)
Continue smoking till it's pullable...around 195. Add back the foil juices.
Everything I found on the internet says to put 1/2" slits in the pork, cover with Hawaiin sea salt or kosher salt, spread liquid smoke over it, wrap in banana leaves (acts like foil), cook in a crockpot till tender.
If you do it in your smoker, I would not use the liquid smoke. I would smoke with your favorite wood and smoke at 225* for several hours to pick up the smoke flavor. Then wrap in aluminum foil (unless you want to find banana leaves). Cook for roughly 1.5 hrs/lb until the meat accepts your temp probe very easily.
Seems like a fairly easy conversion from the crockpot, but I've never done Kalua Pork. Let us know how she turns out.
If you do it in your smoker, I would not use the liquid smoke. I would smoke with your favorite wood and smoke at 225* for several hours to pick up the smoke flavor. Then wrap in aluminum foil (unless you want to find banana leaves). Cook for roughly 1.5 hrs/lb until the meat accepts your temp probe very easily.
Seems like a fairly easy conversion from the crockpot, but I've never done Kalua Pork. Let us know how she turns out.
Should I use the liquid smoke if I'm gonna use mesquite? Other than the leaves and foil, just smoke like a regular butt as far as temp etc?
If you're undecided between these two options. MaxQue is a professional cook. I'm a backyard smoker. 
If you're going to foil all the way, then use the liquid smoke. I wouldn't bother with the mesquite since it won't penetrate to the meat. If you smoke first then foil, don't use the liquid smoke.
Smoke like regular butt.
Smoke like regular butt.
^^^ what backyard smoker said 
Thanks all!!! Can't wait to try it!