lindatooo
Head Chef
8 lb pork shoulder (Boston butt)
Pork Rub
1/4 C Kosher Salt
1/4 C black pepper
1/4 C chili powder
1 T driedOregano
1 T dried Thyme
1 t Cayenne
Root Beer BBQ Sauce
1 2-l.iter bottle root beer
1 1/2 C apple cider vinegar
1/2 C ketchup
1/3 C yellow mustard
2 T lemon juice
1 T Worcestershire sauce
1 T Tabasco (or other hot pepper sauce)
1 t Kosher salt
1 t black pepper
2 T unsalted butter.
PreparationDisolve 1 cup salt in 1 gallon water, allow to cool. Combine with Pork Butt in container (or plastic bag) and brine for 24 - 48 hours in refrigerator.
Rinse roast and coat it with the rub on all sides.
Place the roast on a grill with a packet of wood chips in foil or in a smoker. If using the grill place the roast over the uhn-heated half and the packet on the heated grate. Smoke the roast for 3 hours rotating at least 3 times during the process. Then wrap the roast in 2 layers of aluminum foil , tightly sealed, insert a thermometer and return to the grill for 2 hours or until it reaches 180°.
Root Beer BBQ Sauce
Reduce root beer to 1 cup over medium heat in a large sauce pan (about 1 hr)
Add next 8 ingredients and simmer 20 minutes.
Finish the sauce with the butter.
While the roast is still warm pull it with a granny fork with the grain or chop it into small pieces.
Combine the pork with 1 cup of the BBQ sauce.
To make sandwiches:
Butter Kaiser rolls and toast or grill them.
Pile on the pork/BBQ sauce combo, top with cole slaw and prepare yourself for a visit to nirvanna!
Pork Rub
1/4 C Kosher Salt
1/4 C black pepper
1/4 C chili powder
1 T driedOregano
1 T dried Thyme
1 t Cayenne
Root Beer BBQ Sauce
1 2-l.iter bottle root beer
1 1/2 C apple cider vinegar
1/2 C ketchup
1/3 C yellow mustard
2 T lemon juice
1 T Worcestershire sauce
1 T Tabasco (or other hot pepper sauce)
1 t Kosher salt
1 t black pepper
2 T unsalted butter.
PreparationDisolve 1 cup salt in 1 gallon water, allow to cool. Combine with Pork Butt in container (or plastic bag) and brine for 24 - 48 hours in refrigerator.
Rinse roast and coat it with the rub on all sides.
Place the roast on a grill with a packet of wood chips in foil or in a smoker. If using the grill place the roast over the uhn-heated half and the packet on the heated grate. Smoke the roast for 3 hours rotating at least 3 times during the process. Then wrap the roast in 2 layers of aluminum foil , tightly sealed, insert a thermometer and return to the grill for 2 hours or until it reaches 180°.
Root Beer BBQ Sauce
Reduce root beer to 1 cup over medium heat in a large sauce pan (about 1 hr)
Add next 8 ingredients and simmer 20 minutes.
Finish the sauce with the butter.
While the roast is still warm pull it with a granny fork with the grain or chop it into small pieces.
Combine the pork with 1 cup of the BBQ sauce.
To make sandwiches:
Butter Kaiser rolls and toast or grill them.
Pile on the pork/BBQ sauce combo, top with cole slaw and prepare yourself for a visit to nirvanna!
Nothing like scaling 15 bluegill just to make a sandwich :roll:
