Sunday, July 29, 2012

Pork!

We were fortunate to find a great house, but even more lucky to move to a block with awesome neighbors who love food. Our latest adventure is with a professional size smoker that our neighbor received to review (he's a food writer who specializes in mixology). The smoker is big enough to comfortably fit about 60lbs of pork shoulder and the challenge was taken seriously -- three neighbors, three rubs, and three 20lb packages of pork shoulder. 

Each of us were in charge of making our own rub. We chose a chili chocolate concoction which was basically sugar, salt, onion and garlic powder, Chili 9000 from Penzey's, black pepper, chipotle powder, and some dark dutch processed coco. J set the alarm clock for 5:30am and the smoking began across the street promptly at 6am. We finished up about 6pm and all sampled the fare. It is fantastic. And now, a peek at deliciousness:

J applying the rub.

Ready for the refrigerator.

Removing the pork from the smoker after about 12 hours.


And this is what 60lbs of deliciousness looks like.

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