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For this week's throwdown, we are challenged to create a food truck feast. We have a local rib bar that has been operating a food truck for the last 2 or 3 seasons. One of their featured items is a wrap filled with pulled pork, fresh french fries and slaw. The whole bundle is a delicious barbecue dinner that you can hold in your hand as long as you have a roll of paper towels nearby. The truck and the bar are very good, but the food isn't smoked. Let's fix that.

First up, the slaw:

I went the easy route today and started with a bag of slaw mix from the store. I added 2 chopped jalapeno peppers and 3 green onions to the mix of shredded cabbage and carrots.

The dressing is :

1/2 Cup Mayonnaise
1 Tablespoon White Vinegar
1 Tablespoon Sugar
1 Tablespoon Brown Mustard
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
1/4 Teaspoon Celery Seed
1/4 Teaspoon Cumin
Ground Pepper
A little bit of lime juice

Just mix the veggies and the dressing together, put it all in a covered bowl and let it rest in the fridge while the meat smokes.
 

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Next step, the meat:

I have a 7lb pork shoulder sprinkled with my own rub adapted from Meathead's Memphis Dust. You know the drill, put rub on the hunk of meat and put it on the smoker. Today, I'm using my Weber kettle with a BBQ guru set at 325 with charcoal and Cherry wood. Now we just wait.

Stay tuned.
 

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I dig where this is headed, Nate! Can't wait to see the end results.
 
I got back from the grocery store and checked in on my cook. The Pork shoulder is off to a good start and my backyard smells good. I took a peak after adding some more fuel. Temp probe is at 148F.

I wanted some Cheddar Jalapeno wraps for these, but the store didn't have any. Regular flour wraps will do fine, there will be plenty of flavor in all the fillings.
 

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So this update is probably mean. I decided to wrap for the last bit of the cook and push this cook fast. The bark was getting dark anyway. Hopefully about 2 hours left on the pork. I'll fire up the gasser for the potatoes in an hour. The beer is cold now too.
 

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Not mean at all, just building anticipation! This is going to be delicious :hungry:
 
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The last of the wrap filling are French Fries. A long time ago, I ran across a recipe for oven fries in a Cooks Illustrated magazine. I haven't made fried french fries since then. I have never grilled them before, but the gasser is close to an oven. Let's see how they turn out. If it's good, I'll use the kettle next time.

Potatoes are washed and slices into roughly 1/4" sticks. Next, they soak in hot water for 10 minutes. After soaking, they are dried off with paper towel and tossed with vegetable oil and a some of my rub from earlier. The cast iron skillet is prepared with a coating of oil, coarse salt, and ground pepper. The oil isn't deep and the salt and pepper help prevent sticking.

The grill is heated to 475F. The skillet is wrapped with foil for the first 5 minutes. Then, the foil removed and the fries continue to bake uncovered. After another 15 minutes, they will be flipped.
 

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The pork shoulder finished up right when I wanted to put the potatoes on. Perfect timing for once. Removing the foil was like getting a tasty meteorite for Christmas. The bone pulled out easily and the cooked pork fell apart with the Bear Claws.
 

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All the ingredients are cooked and it is time to plate. One burrito sized tortilla, warmed until soft, pulled pork, fries, slaw, and sauce. The sauce today is a basic KC style sauce kicked up with Sriracha. Everything is rolled up tight in the wrap and served.

The end result? Better than the truck's version. Well worth the effort it takes to make.
 

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What a burrito would look like if the Primanti Brothers made one.


Outstanding!
 
Whoa!

That looks most excellent! I'll have to show this to CINCHOUSE and get clearance to do this soon.
 
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