Hickory Pulled Pork

Name: Hickory Pulled Pork
Prep time: 10 h 30 min
Cook time: 10 h 30 min
Total time: 10 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 2 kilograms bone-in pork shoulder (Boston butt), trimmed; 2 teaspoons chili powder; 2 Tbsps dark brown sugar; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 710 milliliters hickory wood chips; 2 teaspoons salt

Hickory Pulled Pork might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 12 servings with 294 calories, 24g of protein, and 15g of fat each. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have pepper, garlic powder, brown sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 10 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Submerge wood chips in water; weight with a board or plate. Soak chips for 30 minutes.

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French Fries

Water

Drain.

Combine brown sugar, salt, garlic powder, chili powder, and black pepper, stirring well. Rub spice mixture evenly over both sides of pork shoulder. Cover loosely with foil; let pork stand at room temperature for 1 hour.

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Garlic Powder

Pork Shoulder

Black Pepper

Chili Powder

Brown Sugar

Pork

Salt

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Aluminum Foil

Set aside grill rack. Prepare grill for indirect grilling, heating one side to high and leaving one side with no heat. Pierce bottom of a disposable aluminum foil pan several times with the tip of a knife.

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Aluminum Foil

Grill

Knife

Frying Pan

Place pan on heat element or over coals; add 1 cup soaked wood chips to pan.

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French Fries

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Frying Pan

Place another disposable aluminum foil pan (do not pierce pan) on unheated side of grill.

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Aluminum Foil

Grill

Frying Pan

Pour 2 cups water into unpierced pan.

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Water

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Frying Pan

Let chips stand for 5 minutes or until smoking; reduce heat to medium-low.

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French Fries

Coat grill rack with cooking spray. Set grill rack in place.

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Cooking Spray

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Grill

Place pork on grill rack over indirect heat. Close lid, and grill 3 hours, maintaining a constant temperature of 275; add 1/2 cup soaked wood chips every 45 minutes. Grill pork an additional 3 1/2 hours or until a thermometer inserted in pork registers 17

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French Fries

Pork

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Kitchen Thermometer