{"id":153,"date":"2006-09-04T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-04T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=153"},"modified":"2006-09-04T17:50:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-04T17:50:00","slug":"head-over-heels-for-pulled-pork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=153","title":{"rendered":"HEAD OVER HEELS FOR PULLED PORK."},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>After years of believing that pulled pork<\/a> is something made in a crockpot, I decided that my family needed a reality adjustment. And my recent trip back to Chicago seemed the perfect opportunity.<\/div>\n
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So, my brother and I<\/a> decided to pull a pulled pork all-nighter.<\/p>\n

My brother may not have a Salivator<\/a> per se, but he does have a propane-powered Great Outdoors smoker. Sure…a grizzled, Carolina pitmaster might scoff at the notion of propane-powered Q, but I’m not one for pretention. Besides…that which the smoker lacks in authenticity, it more than makes-up for in convenience. And convenience is exactly what’s needed when you’re pulling a Q overnighter, but don’t really want to stay up all night.<\/div>\n

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We slapped 12 lbs. of spice-rubbed pork butt onto the smoker at 11pm–about the same time that it started to rain. We then–in a stunning display of psychic, harmonic convergence–both woke at 4am to adjust the temperature and replenish the supply of wood chips…a task that not only took place under a heavy downpour, but also in nothing more than our boxer shorts. <\/div>\n
That should be an interesting topic for discussion at the next homeowners’ association meeting. <\/div>\n
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Then, finally…we woke again at 7am to oversee the home stretch.<\/div>\n
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The butts hit our target internal temperature of 197F at noon–a comfortable three hours before the rest of the family arrived. <\/div>\n
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And the verdict? Well…let’s just say that nobody thinks I’m a crack-pot for dissing the crockpot, anymore.<\/div>\n
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[BTW…I know what you’re all thinking, and it’s true. This entire post was nothing more than an excuse to publish the above photo.]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After years of believing that pulled pork is something made in a crockpot, I decided that my family needed a reality adjustment. And my recent trip back to Chicago seemed the perfect opportunity. So, my brother and I decided to pull a pulled pork all-nighter. My brother may not have a Salivator per se, but … Continue reading HEAD OVER HEELS FOR PULLED PORK.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75qi3-2t","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":172,"url":"https:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=172","url_meta":{"origin":153,"position":0},"title":"MAY I SHOW YOU MY BUTT?","author":"Sal DeTraglia","date":"June 19, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"The well-publicized writing funk in which I\u2019ve been wallowing lately had finally reached the limit of my tolerance. 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