Pork Butt again

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Safeway had pork shoulder on sale at $1.29/lb., so I picked up a 9 pounder.

Brought it home and seasoned it with Cookshack rib rub, put it in the fridge for 6 six hrs, and then let it set out for an hour. Put it in the smoker at 9:30 last night with 6 oz. of hickory, set the smoker at 200* and walked away. Checked it a couple times and went to bed.

At 7:30 this morning the butt was at 146* and kicked the smoker to 225*. I opened the door a couple times to let out some moisture and improve the bark. When it reached 205* at 4:30, FTC for a couple hours. Actually, it was falling apart as I pulled it from the smoker. It pulled beautifully. Added barbecue sauce, and we ate.

Darn. It was delicious. Great bark (thanks Smokin). Big hit at the house. I KISSED it. I love this smoker.

5/2/099:00 PM

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Originally posted by Pags:
... I opened the door a couple times to let out some moisture and improve the bark. Great bark (thanks Smokin). Big hit at the house. I KISSED it. I love this smoker.

Actually that tip is for the Electric CS's, not the FE's. I've never had a bark issue in an FE. In the electric's they have such a small vent hole, they hold too much moisture.

But HEY it worked for you, just wanted others to know what the original tip was for.

5/3/099:29 AM

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pagsMember

Smokin. I've got a Cookshack Elite, which I should have mentioned in my post. The bark was delicious. My appreciation stands.

FTC was not a typo. Foiled, toweled, coolered.

5/3/0911:09 AM

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Originally posted by Pags:...I opened the door a couple times to let out some moisture and improve the bark.... Darn. It was delicious. Great bark (thanks Smokin)..

Ymmm.

Pags/Smokin: Are you only doing this in the last few hours of the smoke? Does it work on brisket? Thx

5/4/0910:00 AM

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pagsMember

I opened it a couple times in the last third of the smoke.

5/4/0910:31 AM

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