Ingredients
- 1 (8-pound) pork butt
Directions
4 cups wood chips, soaked in water for 1 hour
- Brine, recipe follows
- Garlicky Marinade, recipe follows
- Dry Rub, recipe follows
- Mop Spray, recipe follows
- Barbeque Sauce, recipe follows
Preheat a charcoal grill to 225 degrees F. Carefully edge the coals to 1 side and then add 1/2 cup drained wood chips. Place 1 cup of water in metal drip pan on opposite side.
Inject the pork butt with brine about every 2-inches and then rub with marinade and dust with dry rub. Place the pork on the grill, directly over the drip pan and cook. Be sure to replenish the coals as the temperatures drops, the chips as the smoke dissipates and the water in the drip pan.
After 6 hours, spray the pork with cider mop every half hour. Cook until a thermometer placed into the thickest part of pork reaches 195 degrees F. Transfer to a platter, brush with the sauce and let rest 30 minutes. To serve, slice into 1/2-pound servings, place on plates and serve with extra sauce alongside.
What to drink: American Lager Beer
Brine:
- 1 cup apple juice
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
Combine all ingredients in a bowl until the salt and sugar dissolve and then place into meat syringe for immediate brining or reserve, refrigerated, for later use.
Garlicky Barbecue Marinade:
- 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
- 3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon garlic, coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
Place all ingredients into a blender and puree. Remove to an airtight container and store in the refrigerator until needed.
Dry Rub:
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sweet paprika
- 1/4 cup kosher salt
- 1/4 cup chili powder
- 1/4 cup dry mustard
- 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons crab boil seasoning (recommended: Old Bay)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl. Mix well and store in an air tight container for later use.
Cider Mop Spray:
- 1 cup apple juice
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl. Mix well to combine and store in the refrigerator until needed.
Barbecue Sauce:
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1/2 cup smoked bacon, cut into rectangles about 1-inch long and 1/2-inch wide
- 1/2 cup sweet (Vidalia or Maui) onion, minced
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup tomato ketchup
- 1/4 cup yellow mustard
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup apricot preserves
- 1/4 cup apple juice
- Cider vinegar
Heat the oil in a saucepan set over medium heat. Add the bacon and cook until browned and crispy, about 4 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and add the onion, garlic, onion power, garlic powder, black pepper, and cloves. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Add the sugar and water and then bring to a simmer. Stir in the ketchup, mustard, honey, preserves and juice and then simmer for 20 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and season with the vinegar. Remove the bacon with a spider and discard. Puree the mixture with a hand blender and then cool and reserve for later use.
* Restaurant Recipe
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By KState710
Gainesville, FL
on April 13, 2012
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This recipe is most definitely thebombdotcom. I mean tender, juicy, FLAVORFUL. It was literally bonkers. My husband is already a self-proclaimed grillmaster but when he smokes this pork butt he demands high fives all round. And after people taste this wonderful meal they give up the high fives with pleasure. The only thing we leave out of the recipe is the ginger but everything else is spot on and the flavors marry so well.
By lookupwards
Rogers, MN
on July 27, 2011
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Incredible Recipe... I've smoked this recipe on several occasions and EVERYONE absolutely loves it. I do my own rendition of the BBQ Sauce but the rest of the recipe will leave your mark as a seasoned professional. If the recipe seems a bit overwhelming, follow at least the brine, rub and mop instructions and you will still leave your mark.
By Jeannekay413
Maryland
on July 19, 2011
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I really like this one....the flavors were good and I could not stop picking....it is a lot of work though. Make sure you read the directions fully and in advanced.
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