Smoked Pork Shoulder (w/ apple spritz!)

This smoked pork shoulder recipe is first rubbed with a scrumptious dry rub after which smoked for 7-8 hours. To raise the flavour, we use an apple juice spritz that’s simply out of this world.

The Finest Smoked Pork Shoulder

This scrumptious pork shoulder has a candy and savory smokey taste and an unreal tenderness after you let it relaxation and shred it.

We like to smoke pork shoulder as a result of it’s cooked low and gradual, leaving you with shredded pork that you need to use in so many alternative methods.

Plus, we used a yummy apple juice spritz so as to add much more taste throughout the smoking time!

What’s pork shoulder?

A pork shoulder comes from the shoulder of a pig. It sometimes has extra fats than a pork loin, which makes it nice for gradual roasting or smoking. 

A pork shoulder and a pork butt can each be used for this recipe. Each cuts of meat come from the shoulder. The principle distinction is {that a} pork butt has extra fats and the pork shoulder has extra muscle.

On this pork shoulder recipe, we’re utilizing a 6-7lb. bone-in pork shoulder.

Different names for pork shoulder

• pork butt
• picnic shoulder
• picnic roast
• Boston butt

What You Want

Pork shoulder: this recipe makes use of a bone-in 7-lb. pork shoulder. We advocate utilizing a bone-in shoulder for smoking as a result of it gives a bit extra taste and fats.

Dry rub: the spices for this smoked pork shoulder are a mixture of candy, savory, and salty. Just remember to don’t skimp on the salt. The salt tenderizes the meat and enhances all the scrumptious flavors of the pork and different dry rub substances. Strive our dry rub for pork!

Pellets or wooden chips: although pellets and wooden chips aren’t an substances, we function them as a result of the very last thing you wish to do is run out of additional pellets or wooden chips half manner by means of the smoking time.

FAQ

Make Smoked Pork Shoulder

1. Preheat and put together the smoker. Put together your pellet smoker, wooden chip smoker, or charcoal grills. Clear the grates and preheat the smoker to 250ºF.
2. Dry rub the pork shoulder. Combine collectively all of the dry rub substances and therapeutic massage the dry rub all around the pork shoulder. Let the pork sit within the dry rub for Half-hour or extra. for further taste and tenderness.
3. Smoke the pork. Place the pork on the smoker and smoke the pork for 7-8 hours. Put together the apple cider spritz and spray the pork shoulder each hour or two to maintain the pork tender and moist.
4. Let the pork relaxation. As soon as the pork has reached an inner temperature of 190-205ºF take away the pork from the smoker and let it relaxation for Half-hour.
5. Take pleasure in. Shred the pork and luxuriate in it at a BBQ or all week.

Prime Ideas

Strive to not open the smoker too many instances. When you open the smoker too many instances all through the smoking course of, it can set free warmth and can take longer to return to temperature.

Have further pellets readily available. Talking from expertise, be certain you verify your pellet ranges and wooden chip ranges a number of instances all through the cooking time. If the pellets run out or wooden chips are low, the temperature will decrease.

Serving Concepts

Storage

Let the pork cool utterly earlier than putting it in an hermetic container and place it within the fridge for as much as 5-7 days.

Smoked Pork Shoulder

This smoked pork shoulder recipe is made with a 7-lb. pork shoulder, a scrumptious dry rub, and smoked for about 7 hours. It leaves you with tender and juicy smoked scrumptious pork.

Prep:2 hours

Prepare dinner:8 hours

Complete:10 hours

Fats 19

Carbs 6

Protein 52

Elements

Different

• We used the Signature Traeger pellets be happy to make use of no matter pellets you’d like..

Directions 

• Add the salt, brown sugar, garlic powder, paprika, chili powder, mustard powder, and black pepper in a bowl. Combine till mixed.

• Sprinkle half of the dry rub over the pork shoulder and therapeutic massage the rub into the meat. Flip the pork over and sprinkle the remainder of the dry rub on prime of the remainder of the pork and therapeutic massage the dry rub into the meat. Make sure the entire pork shoulder is coated.

• Wrap the pork shoulder in plastic wrap and place it within the fridge for no less than 2 hours or in a single day for greatest outcomes.

• Preheat the smoker to 250ºF and add your smoking pellets or smoking chips to the smoker. We used the Signature Traeger Mix pellets. put together the apple juice spritz. Pour the apple juice, bourbon maple syrup, and apple cider vinegar right into a small spray bottle and shake it till mixed. Put aside.

• When the smoker is preheated, place the pork shoulder on the smoker and cook dinner for 7-8 hours. Spritz the entire pork shoulder with the apple juice spritz each hour or hour and a half to maintain it from drying out.

• When the pork shoulder has been on the smoker for six hours, decrease the temperature to 200ºF.

• When the interior temperature of the pork reaches 195ºF-205ºF the pork is completed.

• Take away the pork from the smoker and let the meat relaxation for 20-Half-hour earlier than slicing or shredding.

• Serve on it’s personal, on tacos, on buns, or in a burrito bowl.

Ideas & Notes

• Timing for a way lengthy to cook dinner the pork shoulder varies by smoker and by how massive your pork shoulder is.
• Be happy so as to add your favourite spices to the dry rub for this pork shoulder.
• You need to use no matter sort of pellets or wooden chips that you just’d like for this recipe.
• You have to round 20-lb. pellets for this recipe.

Diet info

Energy: 426kcal Carbohydrates: 6g Protein: 52g Fats: 19g Fiber: 1g Sugar: 5g