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I usually use apple juice that I bring to a boil with red pepper, white pepper, garlic powder. Let the mixture cool before injecting.
 
Another staple is apple juice with some worchestershire sauce and perhaps a little
of the rub you're using to marry/tie the flavors.
 
Here is the Chris Lilly recipe. The injection is very good.

Chris Lilly's Six-time World Championship Pork Shoulder

Recipe By : Chris Lilly of Big Bob Gibson's
Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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For the pork shoulder rub
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup paprika
1/3 cup garlic salt
1/3 cup kosher salt
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon oregano leaves
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon black pepper
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Pork injection
3/4 cup apple juice
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup salt
2 tablespoons Worcestershire
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1 whole pork shoulder (approximately 16 pounds)
1 bottle Big Bob Gibson Championship Red Sauce (or substitute your favorite BBQ sauce)

Inject pork shoulder evenly with injection solution. Apply a generous amount of rub onto meat. Pat so the rub will adhere. Place in a smoker and cook with indirect heat for 16 hours on 225˚F. Serve with sauce on the side or paint shoulder with sauce the last 20 minutes of cooking. When done, the pork should pull off the bones easily. The internal temperature of the pork should reach 195˚F.
 
The Chris Lily injection works well. I use white grape juice with some yardbird or blues hawg rub mixed in, you need a big diameter needle for the BH but plowboys yardbird is a finer mill.
 
Another vote for the Big Bob Gibson's injection! I love that stuff. As much as I liked butts before, the injection makes them so much better. Really brings out the flavor of the pork so that it balances nicely against the rub.
 
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