Any hockey fans? Pulled Pork for tonights home opener!

[sbishop]

Have a bunch of hockey fans coming over tonight to watch the Toronto vs Montreal game. Butt is 11lbs and is going in the smoker here in a few minutes. i'm hoping it will be done by 6pm, then wrap in towel and let it sit in a cooler for 2hrs....eat at 8pm when the puck drops!

Spiced it up last night , wrap in plastic and into the fridge overnight.



Ready for the smoking this morning!


Go Habs Go!
Sbishop

[sbishop]

Throwing some TBS (Thin Blue Smoke) and a little steam... 8)

[thecfarm]

I have to head over to lowpolyjoe in NJ first,he has a new grill that needs some steaking done on it. Than I can be up at your place. Have to remember my passport. I'll bring the bread and cheese.   :D

What kind of wood are you using?

[Norm]

Ummm pulled pork, I just bought a couple of berkshire butts for the super bowl myself.

How'd it turn out?

[sbishop]

thecfarm, passport only required if you plan on going back home... ;)

You are more then welcome...actually if you leave now and drive an extra 20mph...you might make it!!!

i'm using "Uncle" wood.....wood i got from my uncle's saw mill....if could me maple, birch maybe oak...i got a whole bunch of chips and sawdust from him about a month ago...not sure!

Norm, going to stick the thermometer in it in 2hrs...that will be the 4hr mark....hopefully we are hitting 140+....going to wrap it around 165 then into the oven till 200.

Sbishop

[thecfarm]

sbishop,that will depend on what you feed me and how hard you work me.  :D

[sbishop]

Well by the looks of me...the food is good  ....and by the looks of me...the work is hard.... :

[Norm]

I miss read the time stamp and thought it was yesterday you were cooking it. Do you do anything like a sauce or top with cole slaw when it's time to eat?

[sbishop]

i do up a bbq sauce to put on the bun...and slaw too!!!

[Mooseherder]

I bet it'll fall apart when youze go to pullin'.
Tell us more about that smoker cooker?

[sbishop]

MH...Got the plans off some hunting forum i believe it was alberta...its a manualy smoker...i'm using a propane burner which has 3 burners in one..so i can control it pretty good..i haven't touched in 2 hrs and its 230degrees. its made of plywood and i use steel 3/8 rods.....for the past 3 years..it has gotten lots of use!!!!

last may a neighboor (3 streets over) had a house party and wanted me to smoke meat for him..we took the smoker to his house and did up 27 racks of baby backs....once they came out in went 12 - 6lbs chickens....talk about a feed!!!

[Mooseherder]

I like it!   8)

[sbishop]

its at 165 internal..so into tin foil we go until 200....i think it's on time for 5:30pm...then 2hrs wrap in a towel in a cooler!



PS. not sure what happened to the bark... :D

[sbishop]

sitting at 192 with 45min to go... 8)

[WDH]

The bark got skint  :D.  Looks delicious. 

[Mooseherder]

You reckon there are some leftovers?

[beenthere]

Hope you were pulling for Toronto to win. And the treats were good too.

[sbishop]

food turned out great, hockey and head not so great.....  :D

[millwright]

How do you keep the bears from destroying your smoker?

[sbishop]

Millwright...i don't... >:(

Take a look at the bottom door...you will notice there is 2 pieces of plywood ripped off and the air vent to the left is bent almost in half....the back side has some teeth marks....

i've never smoked a bear yet....but it might happen! ;D

[Weekend_Sawyer]

That is one neat looking smoker. Did you build it?

I'd like to build a knock down version that I can use at our cabin. If we left one like that out the bears would tear it apart.

Jon

[sbishop]

yes, built it myself out of plywood...got the plans of the some hunting forum in Alberta i think.

Pic of first smoke...it's not that clean inside anymore..HA

[Mooseherder]

Building one from some nice thick oak slabs might be a great project.
You can buy a burner from a grilling store for the heat element and sit it on a piece of sheet metal. 

[Weekend_Sawyer]

You could set a small woodstove behind it and plumb the pipe into it  8)

[Mooseherder]

I happen to have a small wood stove that could be used for that at camp but I'd have to bring the Oak.