Pulled Pork Notes
April 2026
Threw 2 shoulders in the Traegar this morning. This time I didn't put much thought into the seasonings, we'll see how they turn out.
- Hot Honey Ham + Perfect Pork (festival) + Jack Daniels on both but was light on the Hot Honey Ham
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Pellets: Signature again
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Prediction: this will be just like the June note that I didn't read before prepping the meat but sounds like I by default did the same thing with the seasonings I had and now I have high expectations for dinner!
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Results: as expected, a little dry due to my laziness, but the rubs came out great! Missing my Holy Gospel from Meat Church though
June 26 2025
I smoked 2 pork shoulders
- Heavy application of Jack Daniels default pork rub + Meat Church's the Holy Gospel
- Hot Honey Ham + Perfect Pork (festival)
They smoked with Traegar's Signature pellets at 250 until internal temp of 205, then they rest covered for a few hours, then tear apart...
overall rating:
The Hot Honey Ham + Perfect Pork tasted great. It was not that spicy at all, good flavor. It ended up being a little dry but this was certainly cause of my utter lack of attention while the meat is smoking
July 4
We ate the pulled pork today and it was a little dry, though very edible nonetheless. I think I need to tend to the pork more with something like an apple juice spray and then covering it in the latter part of the smoke...
As for quantity - 2 pork shoulders (and 1 beef arm roast that I smoked today) easily fed 4 families (8 adults + 9 kids) and we have plenty left over... like probably a full pork shoulder's worth, between all 3 meats.
Notes
- spicy pickles were a good addition
- seriously need to tend to the pork more during the smoking, after a second re-heat it's getting pretty dry