I'm not a big fan of pork shoulder but that does look as good as any I've seen. The '24 hrs/smoke/fire/meat' part tho, I can get into and appreciate.
With all the new fangled automatic/set it forget it cookers/smokers etc, the time spent around the smoker with good friends and family is fast disappearing. May as well just go out to a bbq joint and eat if we're too damn lazy or busy to actually cook.
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I do a roast about once a week, maybe twice. Slow cooker because managements gets upset if I light up a smoker on the 10th floor. Fire department shows up and wants to eat. Arson squad gets bent out of shape.
About 1/2 the time I am short on time and have to do it on "high" (about 5-6 hours) and those are a little tough and easy to cut with a knife.
When I am not rushed and can do it on low heat (about 12-14 hours) they come out so tender I cant even cut them, and no need to pull them, they just fall apart on their own and melt in your mouth.
I can cook a beef chuck roast start to finish (including prep) in the oven (350° ) that will melt in your mouth. Total time= 1 hr 25 minutes. Includes potatoes/carrots/onion and green pepper chunks cooked all in the same big skillet along with the roast. I would rather do the same thing on the smoker or even grill, but that does take a while longer.
Unfortunately, my idea of "grilling" here is one of these, and technically speaking even that is a no-no. I get away with it by pulling the smoke detector battery and using a couple of fans to direct any smoke out the balcony door.
Hardly a chef, myself. But I looked in here and it activated something from long term memory.
I think maybe there is empirical data or some kind of science that backs the idea that hogs or pigs--whatever kind of swine that were raised for pork and consumed during the time of the Roman empire--had the quality of handedness, like humans. In other words, the animals were predominantly right-handed. Of course, they didn't have hands, but I take it to mean that the animals used the voluntary muscles on the right side of their bodies, including what would be the animal's right shoulder, more than the corresponding muscles on the left side of their body.
What I remember is an account of an ancient shipwreck that was recovered in relatively recent times. There were bones that revealed that the ship was carrying a freight load of pork shoulders. And the bones revealed that these were all from the left side shoulders of the animals. The corresponding right sides of the animals had not been taken on as freight. The implication was that the pork was intended for the tables of the wealthier or wealthiest among the Roman empire, and that these people of exceptional means preferred to eat the left side of the animals, because it was known (or at least considered to be) more tender and better meat than the flesh from the animals' right sides.
I'm a great one for "links" (Internet links, not pork links) and I tried to find something with Google, but I struck out.
So, next time someone is at the butcher's shop and looking to buy pork shoulder, tell the butcher that you are on the lookout, particularly, for the left shoulder. And take note of whether the butcher responds with a conspiratorial wink that tells you that you are a true cognoscenti of pork shoulder.
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Hardly a chef, myself. But I looked in here and it activated something from long term memory.
I think maybe there is empirical data or some kind of science that backs the idea that hogs or pigs--whatever kind of swine that were raised for pork and consumed during the time of the Roman empire--had the quality of handedness, like humans. In other words, the animals were predominantly right-handed. Of course, they didn't have hands, but I take it to mean that the animals used the voluntary muscles on the right side of their bodies, including what would be the animal's right shoulder, more than the corresponding muscles on the left side of their body.
What I remember is an account of an ancient shipwreck that was recovered in relatively recent times. There were bones that revealed that the ship was carrying a freight load of pork shoulders. And the bones revealed that these were all from the left side shoulders of the animals. The corresponding right sides of the animals had not been taken on as freight. The implication was that the pork was intended for the tables of the wealthier or wealthiest among the Roman empire, and that these people of exceptional means preferred to eat the left side of the animals, because it was known (or at least considered to be) more tender and better meat than the flesh from the animals' right sides.
I'm a great one for "links" (Internet links, not pork links) and I tried to find something with Google, but I struck out.
So, next time someone is at the butcher's shop and looking to buy pork shoulder, tell the butcher that you are on the lookout, particularly, for the left shoulder. And take note of whether the butcher responds with a conspiratorial wink that tells you that you are a true cognoscenti of pork shoulder.
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I suspect it has more to do with the semi-wealthy and wealthy Romans eating while lying on their right sides, and propped up on their left elbow on a big "C" shaped sofa with the table in the middle. No, I don't know why one side of the porker would be more desirable than the other as far as taste goes.
I'll bet it was a conspiracy by early Roman Trump supporters to put everything left on a boat and scuttle it. My supporting evidence is the etymology of the word 'sinister'. The Tea Party was preceded by several millennia by the Pork Party. Money misappropriated by by "tax and spend" leftists is still called "pork" to this very day.
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I'll bet it was a conspiracy by early Roman Trump supporters to put everything left on a boat and scuttle it. My supporting evidence is the etymology of the word 'sinister'. The Tea Party was preceded by several millennia by the Pork Party. Money misappropriated by by "tax and spend" leftists is still called "pork" to this very day.
Crazy Ronald will soon be telling everyone how all the fowl the Romans ate was also left wing.
The implication was that the pork was intended for the tables of the wealthier or wealthiest among the Roman empire, and that these people of exceptional means preferred to eat the left side of the animals, because it was known (or at least considered to be) more tender and better meat than the flesh from the animals' right sides.
Noted, I'll remember this next time I order a pork shoulder. Although... since I can barely manage to make a macaroni and cheese box... I'll probably never get this opportunity.
The pork got mesquite wood over coals and was cooked on the smoker at 150-220 degrees. Ribs n chicken on the dual webers w applewood on indirect heat. Mesquite n hickry are too strong for the ribs n chicken if you smoke it more n a cupla hours, waay too strong. Tastes like eating wood flavored meat.
Mj- Nothin like hangin out w friends around the fire n grill for sure! Wifey also made some beef soup that was damn good!
Mem- Youll have your own place soon n be able to do whutever u want!
Tony- I enjoy being a fellow member, damn cool group of cats on here. Thanks for the invite but ill prolly be heading to four corners/colorado when I do get out of commiefornia.
Rinsey- Not much good bbq around us, only decent one is smoking pig. Stay away from the sauces tho. Fire in fire out
Gotta cook it fat side up so the fat works its way all the way thru the roast. Smoking it gives a crusty outside that seals in the juices. All I put is a light rub on top. I usually dont have that much time to smoke em. mainly its a 6 hour smoke n 1 hour in the oven at 400. Comes out like carnitas- crispy outside n melty tender inside and tastes like smoked ham/bacon. Stupid crazy good. When were camping I start the smoker at 6am. Nothing fancy just the cheapo charcoal smoker from hd. Looks like a fried r2d2.
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