Smoking Pork

[reinhard1]

that's what i'm doing today. took out 3 whole butts and put them in cold water for Kielbasa on wensday. that's the route i take almost all the time [thaw in cold water]. just have to be sure the butts are sealed in vacumed bags. good luck.

[Heidi]

I smoked two butts in my egg. I put them in a roast

pan and baste with the drippings and also mop it

as it cooks. Why do others not put a pan it the smoker?

Crisper bark? The drippings have tons of flavor.

[Walleyehooker]

The reason I dont use a pan is I want the smoke to circulate around the meat and I love the bark. I only add wood chips a few times or till I get the smoke flavor I want then you could put it in a pan if you didnt want as much bark. Lots of ways to do these,you just have to experiment till you come up with what you like and that is part of the fun.

[Heidi]

I coat the pork with cheap yellow mustard and then spice rub.

Will the pork remain moist if not basted and sitting in juice?

Famous Daves's Georgia Mustard and pork butt has been my supper

since Saturday night.

[McGurk]

Depends on the smoker. Pork Butts have SO MUCH fat that they are pretty much self basting when cooked slow, and my smoker burns up any drippings as I cook over the coals without a drip pans. Mop sauces and sprays never hurt, though, and add a bit of flavor you might not otherwise get. I sometimes wrap it in foil when it gets to the stall, if I don't want to mop or spray.

[Heidi]

If I don't put it in a pan and it develops a very nice bark,

then I wrap it in foil, will the crust become soggy?

Second question, is smoking brisket the same way? I aint never

tried it, thank you

[thirdeye]

If I don't put it in a pan and it develops a very nice bark,

then I wrap it in foil, will the crust become soggy?

Second question, is smoking brisket the same way? I aint never

tried it, thank you

I don't think soggy is the word.... maybe "soft". Here is a foil finished butt, and some not foil finished butts.

Smoking a brisket is kind of sort of like a butt. Briskets take more care, butts are more forgiving.