Bone-In Pulled Pork Shoulder

  1. Take butter, chop shallot and garlic and reduce to translucent state for brining liquid
  2. Add apple juice, .5 cups of cider vinegar and warm, while stirring in 1 cup White sugar, the brown sugar, .5 cup of the salt molasses and 4 tablespoons of Pork rub
  3. Bring to a boil and then add 1 cup Ice to cool mixture down, blend until fully incorporated and thin
  4. Set aside brine/injection to cool
  5. BBQ Pork Rub
  6. Toast coriander, cinnamon, curry, cumin and allspice in a warm pan until aromatic
  7. Add to spice grinder and pulse until coarse powder remains
  8. Combine Turbinado Sugar, 1.5 cups of Kosher Salt, Pepper, remaining white sugar, sage, thyme, paprika, chili flakes, cayenne and granulated garlic and onion into a large bowl
  9. Add toasted spices from spice grinder and incorporate fully
  10. Taste for quality, if more salt is needed, add to taste but rub should be sweet, salty and have a spiced finish, other spices have a small note for depth
  11. Set aside, makes enough rub for 2 full size shoulders for 4 racks spare ribs
  12. Take Pork Shoulder and remove from cryo vac packaging, rinse with cool water and then dry thoroughly
  13. Take small needle or injector and cooled brine and inject pork all over, final product should be quite full and turgid
  14. Take left over brine and rub lightly over the outside of the pork with mustard and worcestshire sauce
  15. Take BBQ Pork Rub and season liberally, don't grind the seasoning in just season
  16. Wrap injected and rubbed pork shoulder in food wrap then put in refrigerator for a minimum of 8 hours, no more than 24
  17. When ready to smoke, remove pork should one hour before from fridge to get it to room temperature
  18. Prepare a smoker between 215-235 Degrees Fahrenheit with apple and cherry wood (either chips, logs or pellets) whatever your smoker uses
  19. Add pork to Smoker and leave for 2 hours without checking
  20. After 2 hours combine 1 cup apple cider vinegar, remaining white sugar (should be .5 cup or so), leftover injection and 4 table spoons of rub and bring to a boil, this will become our mop
  21. At hour 3 take warm mop sauce and start basting, this is supposed to be runny and vinegary
  22. Baste liberally at every 30 minute interval until pork reach an internal temperature of 165 Degrees
  23. At this point take heavy duty foil and form a boat around the shoulder, mop liberally and pour melted margarine and hot honey mixture over the shoulder
  24. Wrap tightly and return to smoker, raise smoker temperature to 250 degrees
  25. At this point we should be about 6-7 hours in depending on your smokers ability to hold temp and size of pork, don't worry if its slower or a little faster, they all cook a little differently
  26. Leave pork to cook until internal temp reads 198-200 degrees internal, pull pork and vent foil
  27. Once vented for 10-15 minutes, rewrap tightly and put in a 170 degree oven or WARM cooler with towel to rest for 1-2 hours
  28. Meantime make a quick sauce by taking mop sauce and adding 1/4 cup honey, 1/8 cup mustard and 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire to existing mixture
  29. Bring to a boil and then reduce and simmer for 30 minutes to thicken and combine ingredients fully, finish with immersion blender or heavy whisk to fully incorporate. Note: if you like a spicier sauce add 1 tablespoon cayenne and two tablespoons red chili flakes to this mixture while boiling
  30. Remove pork from cooler or oven and vent again, move to a pan or place to start pulling chunks and removing some front portions of the shoulder to highlight
  31. Take the "money muscle" (google it) portion of the should and slice into 1/2 inch round slices, arrange in the center of a serving platter
  32. Pull chunks of the pork and throw away the bone, it should pull out with little to no effort
  33. Arrange pulled chunks around the sliced portions and lightly drizzle the mop sauce across the platter
  34. Serve the platter with reserved sauce and warm honey rolls
  35. EAT, you've earned it!

apple juice, turbinado sugar, white sugar, kosher salt, coarse grind black pepper, paprika, garlic, onion, cumin, red chili flakes, cayenne pepper, cinnamon, curry, coriander, mustard powder, allspice, sage, thyme, honey, butter, garlic, shallot, apple cider vinegar, parkay margarine, honey, brown sugar, molasses, soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, dijon mustard

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/bone-in-pulled-pork-shoulder-56f429a4b1fd439d0a7705a7 (may not work)

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