Smoked Raspberry Chipotle Pork Roast
- 5 -9 lbs boston butt (bone in)
- 1 cup favorite your favorite barbecue rub
- 1/2 cup kosher salt
- 1 (10 -12 ounce) bottle raspberry chipotle sauce or (10 -12 ounce) bottle glaze
- THE NIGHT BEFORE -- OR A FEW DAYS AHEAD --
- Mix kosher salt with dry rub (if your dry rub already has salt in it, omit this step).
- Rub roast generously on all sides with rub mixture.
- Tightly wrap seasoned roast in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight or for 24-48 hours.
- The morning that you plan to cook --
- Let roast stand at room temperature for about 20 minutes.
- COOKING THE ROAST.
- Use apple wood chips or Adler wood chips that have been soaked in water for approx 20 minutes to provide a good smoke for the roast.
- Smoke on indirect heat for approx one hour.
- Remove roast from grill/smoker and wrap in double wrap in foil fat side up and place in dish or roasting pan at least 3 inches deep.
- Continue cooking roast in a 225-240 degree oven for 7 to 9 hours or until bone pulls out with ease.
- Open the foil and drain most but not all of the juice.
- Remove the top layer of fat from the roast.
- Using large forks, break the roast apart (similar to shredding).
- Pour chipotle sauce over roast and work sauce into meat ( be sure to leave a nice layer of sauce on top).
- Increase oven to 300 degrees.
- Keeping foil rolled back, return glazed roast to oven and allow roast to caramelize -- 30-45 minutes.
- Remove roast from oven and serve.
boston butt, favorite your, kosher salt, glaze
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/smoked-raspberry-chipotle-pork-roast-493769 (may not work)