After riding my bicycle 31 days in a row starting January 1, avoiding meat and alcohol for the month, and continuing to ride bikes all spring, I've lost 25 pounds and feel almost as fit as I did when I raced for so many years, as a younger man and with a singular focus.
But it's time to start cooking again. From now on, I only eat pork when I cook.
Here, I smoked 90 pounds of Boston Butt in just 6 hours. Some of it was shy of perfect, but most of it pulled no problem after reaching 205 degrees. I cooked at 300-315 to accelerate the pace. I'd say another hour would have been ideal, although the meat that sat on hot spots was developing a very thick bark. All pulled and mixed together though, it was good BBQ. My standard will be slower and lower, though.
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| Almost done -- look at that bark forming |
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| The hosts -- Mike bought all that BBQ for less than 30 adults |
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| close that thing - if you're lookin' you ain't cookin' |
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| Passing the time, working off what I'm about to eat |
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| Pulling pork! |
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| Ultimate approval: "Dad, this pulled pork sure makes me sleepy!" |
