Smoked Boston Butt Recipe The Best Pulled Pork Techniques

How to make a Smoked  Boston Butt Recipe tender, juicy, and tasty so that you have perfect barbecued pulled pork isn’t difficult if you know what you’re doing. We’re going to show you how to smoke the Boston Butt. How long to smoke the pork. What temperature the smoked Boston Butt is done. And we’re going to show you the techniques and recipes we use to give you the best pulled pork you’ve ever had! Guarantee!!
For this recipe, you will need: Boston Butt, apple juice, sugar, salt, water, apple vinegar, ketchup, dark brown sugar, yellow mustard, molasses, salt, red pepper flakes, hickory chunks, charcoal, and a grill with lid.  

How long does it take to make the Smoked Boston Butt Recipe?

Our smoked pork shoulder technique takes two days. On average a pork butt will weigh between 6 to 10 pounds. Our Boston butt weighed 7 pounds.

What to expect with the pork:

• 30% loss in the form of shrinkage, bone, and fat.
• If it’s the only meat we serve, we plan on 1/2 pound per person. (Believe me, some adults will go back for seconds ????)

Getting the Pork Butt Ready

Day One: Prepare the pork butt by trimming the excess fat and seasoning it.

1. Slather mustard all over the butt.
2. Inject the marinade in the Boston butt.
3. Generously sprinkle the magical All Our Way rub all over the pork.
4. Then Put the pork butt in a zip lock bag to rest overnight in the fridge.

Day Two: Take the pork out of the fridge and let it start to come to room temperature.

In the meantime, put hickory wood chunks in water. You don’t want them dry — they’ll burn instead of smoke.

If you prefer, use your favorite wood chunks that are appropriate for smoking meats.

Best wood for smoking meat

• oak
• maple
• pecan
• alder
• mesquite
• apple
• cherry
• hickory

Experiment and try different ones and see which one you like the best.

Smoking the Boston Butt

Prepare the Grill for Indirect Heat.

1. Use two pans — one is a steam pan and one is a drip pan. Line the drip pan with aluminum foil.
2. The drip pan is on the lower rack and the steam pan is on the upper rack over the coals. Naturally, the steam pan will have water in it and this will help regulate the heat.
3. Fold a strip of aluminum foil and put it in between the grate. The foil acts as a  curtain between the drip pan and the coals. It’s a barrier to prevent direct heat from touching the meat.
4. Douse vegetable oil on 3 or 4 sheets of paper towels and put them on the bottom of the chimney and follow the natural starter technique we posted on starting the grill.This works much better than the wadded up newspaper.

Smoking Pork Butt on Grill Technique

Start cooking the Smoked Boston Butt Recipe.

1. The grill temp should be at 250 F and we make sure it doesn’t get above 275 F.
2. Put the charcoal below the steam pan and fill the steam pan halfway with water.
3. Position the pork above the drip pan. The bottom air vents are half open.
4. Immediately place the lid on the grill.
5. Make sure that the top vent is half open and over the meat. This smoked pulled pork technique draws the smoke up and over the meat and it also controls the temperature.
6. Maintain a constant temperature of 225 F to 250F and keep water in the steam pan.
7. Add wet hickory chunks (or your wet wood chunks) as needed for the first two hours of cooking. It’s important not to over smoke. Our hickory measures 2×2 inch chunks and we use  2 at a time.
8. How long does it take to make a pork butt? Plan on smoking the meat for 10 to 11 hours with a constant temperature of 225 F to 250 F.

It is a long slow process but one well worth the time to get a perfect smoked Boston Butt recipe.

The Pork is ready to become Pulled Pork

Finishing up The Boston Butt Recipe

The Smoked Boston Butt is ready to become Pulled Pork.

• The pork develops a nice bark. The bark is the seasoned crust which is the goal for all pit-masters. In fact, the crunchy crust is the first thing that competition judges reach for.
• At what temperature does the pork come off of the grill? When it reaches an internal temperature of 195 F. take it off the grill and wrap it in aluminum foil. Then let it rest for 30 minutes. This technique is the recipe for success.
• Now remove the blade bone. It should come out easily without any meat sticking to it. This is a sign that the pork was done just right.
• Use two forks to shred the meat. When we pull the pork, we make sure that the flavorful crusty bits are distributed throughout the pulled pork.
• We splash a little bit of beef broth on top of the shredded pork. This will keep the meat moist.

How to serve Smoked Pulled Pork

There are many wonderful ways to serve the smoked Boston Butt Recipe. At times we like it unadorned or with just a splash of All Our Way BBQ Sauce for Pulled Pork on a hamburger bun. A crunchy coleslaw on top of the pork is also delicious. We like the simple additions because we don’t want to mask the yummy smokey taste of the meat. Here are some more ideas for the smoked pulled pork:

• Pork Quesadillas — pork, roasted red peppers, caramelized onions seasoned with cumin and chili powder.
• Pizza – make it a barbecued pulled pork pizza.
• Pork Ragout over pasta.
• Enchiladas — oh!yum!
• Tacos
• Shepherds or Cottage pie.

There is no limit to the dishes you can make with Smoked Boston Butt Recipe. And if you keep a close eye on your store ads you can get some real bargains for Boston Butt.

We’ve included the recipe for the marinade that we used to inject the pork and the BBQ Sauce for the smoked meat.

If you have any questions about the pulled pork technique and recipes, we’ll be happy to answer them.

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Smoked Boston Butt Recipe Marinade and BBQ Sauce

The marinade is just right for injecting into the pork butt before smoking. This guarantees the meat is nice and juicy. The zingy barbecue sauce compliments the pulled pork rather than taking away from the delicious smokey flavor. This Smoked Boston Butt will yield the tastiest smoked pulled pork.

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Smoked Boston Butt Recipe Marinade and BBQ Sauce

This marinade and BBQ sauce will compliment your delicious pulled pork without masking or be overwhelming to the flavor of the meat. A step by step approach making it easy to make get outstanding results.

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: bbq, grilling, pulled pork, tailgating

Prep Time: 12 hours 30 minutes

Cook Time: 11 hours

resting time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 day

Servings: 18 people

Calories: 652kcal

Author: Marisa Franca Stewart

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Ingredients

Meat

• 10 pound Boston Butt roast pork shoulder
• 1/2 cup yellow mustard
• 2 tablespoons Rub and Seasoning

MARINADE FOR PORK PUTT

• 3/4 CUP apple juice
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup salt

BBQ PULLED PORK SAUCE

• 1 cup apple vinegar
• 1 cup ketchup
• 3 Tbs dark brown sugar
• 1 Tbs yellow mustard
• 1 Tbs molasses
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
• 10 pound Boston Butt shoulder roast
• 1/2 cup yellow mustard
• 2 Tablespoons Rub and Seasoning

All Our Way Rub and Seasoning

• 4 tablespoons chili powder
• 4 teaspoons ground cumin
• 4 tablespoons paprika
• 2 teaspoons black pepper
• 2 teaspoons ground coriander
• 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 2 tablespoons dried oregano

Wood for Smoking

• 5 pounds wet wood for smoking soak in water before placing on charcoal.

Instructions

Meat Preparation

• Slather mustard all over the butt.
  
• Inject the marinade in the Boston Butt.
• Generously sprinkle All Our Way Rub all over the pork.
• Put in a plastic zip lock bag and refrigerate overnight.
• Take the bag out in the morning and let the pork start to warm up.

All Our Way Rub and Seasoning

• Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well with a whisk. Place in a large shaker container and store at room temperature.

MARINADE

• Mix thoroughly so that the sugar and salt are dissolved. Use to inject the pork shoulder.

BBQ PULLED PORK SAUCE

• Place all the ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly.
• The sauce will not be thick — for pulled pork, the sauce should be on the thinner side. 

Smoking the Boston Butt

• Prepare the Grill for indirect heat using two pans. One is a drip pan and one is the steam pan.
  
• Start the charcoal grill by dousing vegetable oil on 3-4 sheets of paper towels and putting them on the bottom of a chimney starter and light the towels. Follow the technique on our starting the grill post.
  
• The grill temperature should be 250F. and not exceed 275F.
• Position pork above the drip pan. The bottom air vents are half open.
  
• Immediately place the lid on the grill
• The top vent is half open and OVER the meat.
• Maintain constant temperature of 225-250 F. and keep water in the steam pan.
• Add wet hickory chunks as needed for the first two hours of cooking.
• Plan on smoking the meat for 10 to 11 hours.
• When the meat reaches an internal temperature of 195 ℉ remove from grill and wrap in aluminum foil.
  
• Let rest for 30 minutes.
• Remove the blade bone. Using two forks shred the meat.
  
• Splash a little bit of beef broth on top of the shredded pork. This will keep the meat moist.
• Use the meat for pulled pork sandwiches or for the many other suggestions we give in the Smoked Boston Butt Post.

Video

Notes

Follow the step by step directions in the post. 

Nutrition

Calories: 652kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 79g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 254mg | Sodium: 3090mg | Potassium: 1609mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 1655IU | Vitamin C: 2.7mg | Calcium: 135mg | Iron: 7.7mg

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