From my blog....
"Pulled Pork
Today, I'm cooking for tomorrow. We're celebrating my daughter's 12th birthday a few days late. Right now, as I type, there is 15lbs of Pork Butt cooking on my
Weber Smokey Mountain. I used a modified
Minion Method for the fire and the meat should be ready around midnight tonight.
Last night my daughter and I rubbed and injected the butts using
Chris Lilly of
Big Bob Gibson's fame "Grand World Championship Pork Shoulder" recipe as published in
Peace, Love and Barbecue, by Mike Mills. We let the butts sit in the refrigerator over night and got them on the fire at about noon today.
Big Bob Gibson's Grand World Championship Pork Shoulder.
1 Pork Butt or Shoulder (18 to 20 lbs) Mine is 15lbs because it is boneless.
Dry Rub
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup
paprika
1/3 cup
garlic salt (I used garlic powder)
1/3 cup
kosher salt, finely ground
1/4 cup
brown sugar
1 tablespoon
chili powder (I used
ancho chili powder)
1 teaspoon
cayenne
1 teaspoon
black pepper
1 teaspoon dried
oregano
1 teaspoon ground
cumin
Injection Baste
3/4 cup
apple juice
1/2 cup
water
1/4 cup kosher salt, finely ground
2 tablespoons
Worcestershire sauce. (I use
Lea & Perrins)
Make the dry rub. Combine all ingredients in a small bowl. Transfer to a shaker. Store leftover rub in an air tight container. To better mix the rub ingredients, I mixed it in a covered container and shook the rub well. Then I ran the rub through a screen mesh which worked out all the lumps and blended the rub further.
Make the baste. Whisk together the apple juice, water, sugar, salt and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl. Keep mixing until all dry ingredients are dissolved. Fill a basting syringe and begin injecting the meat. You'll want to use about 1/2 oz per pound of shoulder. Coat the butt well with the dry rub and refrigerate overnight.
Cook on a pit or smoker for about 1 hour to 1 1/2 hour per pound or to an internal temperature of 195 degrees. Pull or chop the meat. Pole the meat onto buns for sandwiches. Leftovers can be frozen for up to one month.
Well, that's the recipe. But I know there are major differences between that method of cooking and how you do butt for competition. I'll talk about that in a post later this week."