Carnitas in the Pint

[SirPorkaLot]

It’s Taco Tuesday, so that means Carnitas!!

Seasoned pork shoulder with Q-Salt and smoked it in the Humphreys Pint.

Added that into a pan with orange and citrus and finished roasting it off in the smoker.

Chopped the carnitas up and there was tacos!

Hope y’all had a great Tuesday.

 

[Stingerhook]

Looks fantabulous John.

 

[ronbrad62]

Almost too pretty to eat... almost:heh:

 

[cowboyupbbq]

Looks great John. Need to get some Q Salt.

 

[snadamo]

never a bad food post! looks amazing!

 

[Fooball]

Funny, the tacos I buy on taco Tuesday don't look anything like that! Awesome!

 

[mike243]

Looks great and we love Carnitas pork on a taco salad.

 

[Moose]

Carnitas look great, as do the tacos, John! Is the salsa roja on the tacos homemade?

 

[SirPorkaLot]

Carnitas look great, as do the tacos, John! Is the salsa roja on the tacos homemade?

Nope, that’s a sauce called the Ghost of Saffron from High Desert Sauce co.
It’s very a good taco sauce.

 

[tom b]

I like it!

 

[Greygoose]

Ohhh yea,,,,,lookin’ like I want some of those,,,!!!!
How is the flavor comparison between the Pint and the Shirley ?
I have the Shirley and I have thought about an IVC for the winter months and doing long cooks,,
Just thinkin,,,

 

[SirPorkaLot]

Ohhh yea,,,,,lookin’ like I want some of those,,,!!!!
How is the flavor comparison between the Pint and the Shirley ?
I have the Shirley and I have thought about an IVC for the winter months and doing long cooks,,
Just thinkin,,,

So yesterday was a scenario where the Pint shines.

I had some errands to run and was going to be gone for several hours.

I loaded up the pint, tossed in half a chimney of charcoal. Set the intake and exhaust vents to where I usually do and left.

Left around noon, returned at 3:30pm, to find the Pint sitting rock solid, exactly where I expected it to be.

If I want to do an overnight cook, I have the same results. Literally set and forget.
It should be noted that I don’t use any type of automatic temp control device either.

As far as smoke flavor is concerned, my wife mentioned that the smoke flavor was more noticeable on the Pint than on the Shirley.
I find this a bit odd, as I only use 2-3 chunks of wood for the whole cook on the Pint, while I go through many splits on the Shirley.

However with bark and everything else that matters, I prefer the Shirley.

 

[creek bottom]

Those look incredible, John!!! Nicely done!!!