Smokin Pork

[Walleyehooker]

Just got done preping 10 pork shoulders (about 80 pounds) for a Graduation party on Saturday. Used Garlic Olive oil and Smokehouse maple seasoning and stacked them in a cooler and a few bags of ice on top to keep cool till tomorrow when they hit the smoker. Will smoke them for 8-10 hours tomorrow or untill done and then wrap them in foil and place in cooler with blanket so they stay hot till Saturday AM.

[reinhard1]

we will be following your progress on this. i know you will be busy, let us know how it turns out. lookin good so far. good luck.

[Walleyehooker]

Once they are in the smoker its pretty much sit back and let them cook and add chips a few times. I just hope they all fit its going to be tight but they will shrink as they cook. Ill post a few pics during the process.

[Walleyehooker]

These are for the Grandsons graduation party. I volunteered to do these as it is pretty easy and I like to do them. I think Im actually getting pretty good at these.Other people are doing the not so fun stuff.

[toughguy]

Lookin good - can't wait to see the final pile of delicious meat on your updates. Pretty neat thing for you to do for your grandson. He'll always remember that giant pile of goodness his grandpa made for him for his graduation.

[Farley]

What kind of smoker are you using that will fit all that meat? It might take more than 8-10 hours if it's all packed in tight.

[eyeguy 54]

[Walleyehooker]

I bought the smoker at Cabelas about 5 years ago. Its about 5 feet high and about 18 inches deep and wide. It only says Cabelas on it so I dont know who made them for Cabelas. They dont sell this one anymore.

[otterman91105]

Well good luck that's a lot of meat to cook. I bet they will turn out great.

[Walleyehooker]

Heres how my last ones looked. Hopefully these will be just as good.

[pike79]

They look good and crusty

[Moose]

I plan on doing some next week for my sons graduation. How many people are you planning on? I was thinking of creating a Porketta rub letting them sit overnight and smoke them on Friday. Are you going to put them in a roster to keep the pulled pork warm?

[Walleyehooker]

They said about 100-150 people so I figured about 1/3 pound per person. At that I was going to do 8 of these wich was about 60-65 pounds and after removeing bone and shrinkage would have roughly 50 pounds of cooked meat. But I happened to stop by Costco again and decided to pick up a couple more and throw them in just to make sure I have enough. I am hopeing to have leftovers as this freezes really well and works great on fishing trips.

I plan on keeping them hot/warm in a cooler over night then pulling them the next day and warming the meat in a big slow cooker/roaster.

The Porketta sounds interesting but Im not sure how that would be if you use fennel in yours. Not sure how that would taste smoked. I buy my porketas up north that are made different than they are down here in the cities.

[Walleyehooker]

Found some pictures of the last one I did. Ill post some pictures of the ones cooking tomorrow.

[reinhard1]

Very Tasty!!!!!good luck.

[ozzie]

So how did the Grad party turn out?....my mouth is watering looking at these pics!!

[Fish Head]

Having been through this last year with one of my sons, I'm going to guess you had a ton of leftovers. I don't know anyone who went through even 6 shoulders. I'd be curious to hear how much extra you had.

The pork looks great!!!

[Walleyehooker]

Had roughly 100 people show up and yes 6 would have been enough but none went to waste. I gave a bunch away and froze some for later use.