Little hog down, smoked pukled pork!

hunterzack

Well i shot a little 65lb pig this week and decided id try something new and break out the smoker that ive never used (this was my 1st time smoking)! When i got home i went on the computer searching florida sportsman and other sites for recipes, got a rough idea of what i was gunna do and decided i was gunna wing it. So i had the meat sitting on ice for about 6 hours and decided i was going to prepare to cook the next morning. I did not brine or inject the meat. So i took the hams and cleaned off the silverskin and covered it in dejon and yellow mustard and put a homemade dry rub ,of things i had in my panty, on top. So after preping it i placed it in the fridge to kinda maridnate overnight. Fired up my el cheopo brinkman charcoal smoker at 8am and placed the meat in there until it hit an internal temp of 160 (4-5hrs). Took the meat out and wraped it in tinfoil (added some beer in there as well to keep it from drying out)and placed in the oven at 250, i was shooting for an internal temp of 195-205. It sat in there for another 3-4hrs. Pulled the pork nd covered it with bbq sauce and served it as pulled pork sandwiches! Going to be shooting a whole lot more hogs from now on because it turned out awsome! Also migh tneed to upgrade to a better somker, that charcoal is high maintance lol

bgeorge

Looks great. Lunch time and now I am hungry for something else. Perfect size. Congratulations on a the hog and your first time smoking. Used charcoal for many years in the woods as it was easy to do at a WMA camp.

flydown

Never had pukled pork, but it looks amazing!

hunterzack

flydown wrote: »

Never had pukled pork, but it looks amazing!

:rotflmao Once you go pukled you'll never go back!

hunterzack

And thanks it turned out amazing! suprisingly there was quite a bit of meat on them little hams, had meals for 3 days

swampwalker

flydown wrote: »

Never had pukled pork, but it looks amazing!

Now that's funny!! For marketing - might need to change that name LOL!!

nofishtoday

Nice hog
Great looking pukled :wink

David B

Freeze the leftovers in smaller portions. We use the food saver and warm it in the bag that it is frozen in. Load that smoker full and enjoy.

BTW. That looks great, especially for a first timer.

22donk

Things from the panty? That's a vague yet peculiar ingredient. Hahahaha

No seriously. That looks amazing nice job!

lookin

Looks awesome - congrats!

FloridaOD

hunterzack wrote: »

And thanks it turned out amazing! suprisingly there was quite a bit of meat on them little hams, had meals for 3 days

Yepper! Ideal size. And just think how many squirrel, rabbit, dove,quail would need to be taken to equal this small hog.