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Title: Pork Shoulders
Post by: Clonesmoker on August 28, 2017, 11:05:03 AM
Just about 19.5 hours on the DB. Overnight at 180 then up to 240 for the last 6 hours. Let them cool for about an hour and pulled. Did not even foil! That is six 10 lb pork shoulders.
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: Bentley on August 28, 2017, 11:09:57 AM
Nice post!  Welcome!

Do the bear claws get greasy and hard to handle?  You use them so I am gonna assume you like them?
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: pmillen on August 28, 2017, 12:00:22 PM
I'll have a sandwich, thanks.

Okay, so the photographs are rotated in the post but not if I click on the link.  I think QuadMan750 had the same situation.
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: Bar-B-Lew on August 28, 2017, 12:20:36 PM
Nice bark.

Bentley, I have not used those bear claws, but have used the plastic ones.  I was not a fan of them.  I bought Meat Rakes and liked those better.  Most of the time lately, I just take 2 forks and use them to pull as the meat is already falling apart from being in the foil after the stall.
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: Jcorwin818 on August 28, 2017, 12:44:12 PM
I normally put on the gloves and use my hands.  Next week I have to cook 26 Butts for my wife's church picnic so I bought a Stainless chopper that fits in a drill and I will be using that to shred the butts.  Tried the claws and I'm not a big fan of them.
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: Bentley on August 28, 2017, 12:46:43 PM
OK, as I look closer, they are not bear claws...my mistake.  Have a friend that used to say, if the pork is cooked correctly all the way through all you need is two sturdy spatulas.  He would just use them like 2 cleavers in a metal steam try!  They did work.  I am a cool till I can touch and hand guy!. 
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: TLK on August 28, 2017, 01:00:13 PM
I have never tried the claws but have always heard mixed results.  I usually put on a pair of gloves and pull by hand.
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: riverrat49 on August 28, 2017, 03:03:08 PM
Who needs claws...
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: Bentley on August 28, 2017, 03:24:41 PM
Is that a Roman PP like Jim did the Product Review on PH...or is that the one you and your father(?) made...
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: Jimsbarbecue on August 28, 2017, 09:48:27 PM
Who needs claws...
i use the same method.
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: riverrat49 on August 29, 2017, 06:18:06 AM
Yes a Roman, belongs to the guy that owns the Traeger Com 200 in the background.

Is that a Roman PP like Jim did the Product Review on PH...or is that the one you and your father(?) made...
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: TechMOGogy on September 06, 2017, 09:34:11 PM
I have a Roman too but have found that it shreds the pork vs pulling
Sometimes I like bigger chuncks vs fine shred.
YMMV
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: ZCZ on September 06, 2017, 10:19:00 PM
Impressed by the magnitude of your cook:

SIX

10 LBS EACH

AWESOME!!

Z
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: LowSlowFoShow on September 06, 2017, 11:16:35 PM
I normally put on the gloves and use my hands. 

Same but I normally only cook 2 at a time!
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: Yelnoc on September 27, 2017, 12:27:18 PM
I normally put on the gloves and use my hands.  Next week I have to cook 26 Butts for my wife's church picnic so I bought a Stainless chopper that fits in a drill and I will be using that to shred the butts.  Tried the claws and I'm not a big fan of them.

Me too - after they rest and cool a bit.  I do not shred or chop, I try for big chunks and slices where I can.  After a couple hundred you know where the tubes, etc.  are and where the excess fat is.  I have the plastic claws but never used them....I just prefer it not look like of the chopped to powder Carolina stuff.  Just me.
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: hughver on September 27, 2017, 01:45:04 PM
FWIW, I slice the finished product (bone removed) into 3/4-1" slices and use my hands to pull/breakup, discarding fat and other undesirables. This method cuts down time to pull and results in fairly uniform bite size pieces.
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: Yelnoc on September 27, 2017, 09:30:55 PM
FWIW, I slice the finished product (bone removed) into 3/4-1" slices and use my hands to pull/breakup, discarding fat and other undesirables. This method cuts down time to pull and results in fairly uniform bite size pieces.

I have been removing the bone most of the summer - maybe 12-16 shoulders - using butchers twine to bind the - one smoke ring to...oops did not mean to get all LTR.  It is kind of a pain to take the bone out and it doesn't seem like it would make the "processing" easier, but I too think it does, and anything to make that end of the cook easier is a good thing.
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: pmillen on September 28, 2017, 12:29:03 AM
I have been removing the bone most of the summer - maybe 12-16 shoulders - using butchers twine to bind the - one smoke ring to...oops did not mean to get all LTR.  It is kind of a pain to take the bone out and it doesn't seem like it would make the "processing" easier, but I too think it does, and anything to make that end of the cook easier is a good thing.

I'm sorry, I don't understand and I speak jive (https://www.bing.com/search?q=i+speak+jive+youtube&qs=AS&pq=i+speak+jive&sk=AS2&sc=8-12&cvid=9679633386B245139DF8D9F577A3AF60&FORM=QBLH&sp=3).
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: Yelnoc on September 28, 2017, 07:32:38 PM
I have been removing the bone most of the summer - maybe 12-16 shoulders - using butchers twine to bind the - one smoke ring to...oops did not mean to get all LTR.  It is kind of a pain to take the bone out and it doesn't seem like it would make the "processing" easier, but I too think it does, and anything to make that end of the cook easier is a good thing.

I'm sorry, I don't understand and I speak jive (https://www.bing.com/search?q=i+speak+jive+youtube&qs=AS&pq=i+speak+jive&sk=AS2&sc=8-12&cvid=9679633386B245139DF8D9F577A3AF60&FORM=QBLH&sp=3).

Sorry - LTR - One Ring to rule them all, One ring to find them; One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.  kind of a reach I guess.
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: Bobitis on September 28, 2017, 08:35:44 PM
I have been removing the bone most of the summer - maybe 12-16 shoulders - using butchers twine to bind the - one smoke ring to...oops did not mean to get all LTR.  It is kind of a pain to take the bone out and it doesn't seem like it would make the "processing" easier, but I too think it does, and anything to make that end of the cook easier is a good thing.

I'm sorry, I don't understand and I speak jive (https://www.bing.com/search?q=i+speak+jive+youtube&qs=AS&pq=i+speak+jive&sk=AS2&sc=8-12&cvid=9679633386B245139DF8D9F577A3AF60&FORM=QBLH&sp=3).

Sorry - LTR - One Ring to rule them all, One ring to find them; One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.  kind of a reach I guess.

+1 for the LOTR reference.  Makes me wanna fire up the HD projector in the man cave and slap on some ribs.   :clap:

As to the  OP; I love my meat rakes.
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: Kristin Meredith on September 28, 2017, 11:06:33 PM
I thought LTR meant "Long Term Relationship" -- so I thought, "Well, some people are very into their meat and maybe he feels he has a long term relationship with pork".  ;D
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: pmillen on September 29, 2017, 09:34:58 AM
I thought LTR meant "Long Term Relationship" -- so I thought, "Well, some people are very into their meat and maybe he feels he has a long term relationship with pork".  ;D

My take on LTR, too.

Most Sci-Fi and all fantasy are not my style, so I missed the reference.  If I want a dose of fantasy I'll call my broker.
Title: Re: Pork Shoulders
Post by: Bobitis on September 29, 2017, 02:35:43 PM
Lord Of The Rings.