Pulled puerco for the Fourth

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 4:28 pm

Dunno about you guys, but I like to celebrate our nation's birthday with food, and especially with barbecue.
I've had some good luck with smoked pork butts using various rubs and injections, but I have become a fan of Austin's quirky BBQ chef Aaron Franklin, and I am going to use his recipe for Texas-style pork butt. I'll be making the buns from scratch, and the pulled pork sammiches will be served with sides of cole slaw, mustard/dill tater salad, corn on the cob and cold beverages. Sounds like a meal to me!

Here's Aaron on Youtube. When I get up the nerve, I am going to try his brisket, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbzEa_juegs

What's for dinner at your house on the Fourth?

GonnePhishin · Post by **GonnePhishin** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 4:31 pm

Sounds finger lickin' good to me. I'll be working on the holiday so have an extra big plate for me.....

vancelw · Post by **vancelw** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 4:43 pm

Feral pork ribs cooked over a wood fire of seasoned blackjack oak.
No BBQ sauce if I do it right!

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 7:08 pm

I'll prolly spend the 4th out in "my" woods looking for small critters and scouting for deer season.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:27 pm

My better half is always working the grill, right where a woman ought to be.

I'll be terrorizing the neighborhood with the 3" mortar. Got me a sizable amount of cement filled cans all good-to-go.---6

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:38 pm

Sixgun wrote:My better half is always working the grill, right where a woman ought to be.

I'll be terrorizing the neighborhood with the 3" mortar. Got me a sizable amount of cement filled cans all good-to-go.---6

I wondered when this was going to show up again

vancelw · Post by **vancelw** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:44 pm

Sixgun wrote:My better half is always working the grill, right where a woman ought to be.

I'll be terrorizing the neighborhood with the 3" mortar. Got me a sizable amount of cement filled cans all good-to-go.---6

I think we have identified the murder weapon, even before you died!

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:48 pm

My son and his kids will be here for a couple of days so we'll be doing a lot of cooking on the grill and the stove. I may be able to find some of that big doe I shot with the 38-55 last fall down in the freezer. I hope that we all will be praying that our God will bless this nation a little longer.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 10:18 pm

I have a concert to play (euphonium) in the evening....there will be food, drink before, and fireworks after....no need to lift a finger (well, except for the horn)....

M. M. Wright · Post by **M. M. Wright** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:42 am

Dang Blaine, I didn't know you were a horn man. I used to play bass horn. Have marched more miles than I like to think about with a Sousaphone. High School, College and Army Signal School bands. Finally gave my baritone to a nephew a year or so ago. Still toot my 1911 Conn big bore cornet.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:20 am

M. M. Wright wrote:Dang Blaine, I didn't know you were a horn man. I used to play bass horn. Have marched more miles than I like to think about with a Sousaphone. High School, College and Army Signal School bands. Finally gave my baritone to a nephew a year or so ago. Still toot my 1911 Conn big bore cornet.

Before we went all legit, Blaine was "TTT"... short for "something something Tuba"...

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:23 am

And here I am... stuck driving across the northern tier states to SHYCAGO!!! Still trying to decide if I wanna go via North or South Dakota!!!

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 10:38 am

Blaine, we'll be needing a photo of you with your horn, mister!

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:58 pm

Bill in Oregon wrote:Blaine, we'll be needing a photo of you with your horn, mister!

Fat Bald Guy on the left....State of Washington American Legion Band. About the only time anyone can get this biker dude in a suit and tie

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 2:49 pm

AWESOME!

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 4:40 pm

Griff wrote:And here I am... stuck driving across the northern tier states to SHYCAGO!!! Still trying to decide if I wanna go via North or South Dakota!!!

And what a mess Chitcagoland is right now too with all the power outages/storm damage.

Hope you are hauling a load of generators & petrol...

Nate Kiowa Jones · Post by **Nate Kiowa Jones** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:14 pm

Bill in Oregon wrote:Dunno about you guys, but I like to celebrate our nation's birthday with food, and especially with barbecue.
I've had some good luck with smoked pork butts using various rubs and injections, but I have become a fan of Austin's quirky BBQ chef Aaron Franklin, and I am going to use his recipe for Texas-style pork butt. I'll be making the buns from scratch, and the pulled pork sammiches will be served with sides of cole slaw, mustard/dill tater salad, corn on the cob and cold beverages. Sounds like a meal to me!

Here's Aaron on Youtube. When I get up the nerve, I am going to try his brisket, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbzEa_juegs

What's for dinner at your house on the Fourth?

I like his rub, but instead of olive oil to bind it, for a little more tang I use yellow mustard. Also, I like to inject with a mix of slightly salted apple cider vinegar, orange juice and Tabasco.
Once it's smoked pretty much like his, I don't use foil. I put it in an oven bag and finish it inside in the oven in a pan that it will be pulled on. The bag catches all the juices.

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 6:39 pm

Nate, last butt I did I used fancy rubs and injections. I am looking forward to trying Aaron's simple salt and pepper approach. I put up a batch of his simple BBQ sauce yesterday, and it's pretty good stuff.

Love the photo you appended. Who was this man?

Nate Kiowa Jones · Post by **Nate Kiowa Jones** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:57 pm

Bill in Oregon wrote:Nate, last butt I did I used fancy rubs and injections. I am looking forward to trying Aaron's simple salt and pepper approach. I put up a batch of his simple BBQ sauce yesterday, and it's pretty good stuff.

Love the photo you appended. Who was this man?

For briskets I don't normally use and injector. But pork can be sort of mild in meaty flavors so I prefer the injector.

Nate Kiowa Jones was an old Texas Ranger there at turn of the century. That's a picture of him. This was a time when the west was taming down and the rangers were having to be more formal as in wearing ties and white shirts and such. Doing much more paper work than before and he hated it. Story goes he was filling out the transfer papers, for the first time, for a prisoner that he had just delivered to the state prison in Huntsville and when he got to the question Disposition of the inmate, Jones thought it meant what kinda attitude did the prisoner have and so he wrote, "He was ornery, and that’s why I shot him".
I said,” Sounds like my kinda guy.” when I had heard this story, but I finally got to the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame in Waco and talked to the researcher there and she confirmed it. She found the paper work and made copies of it for me.
This has been my SASS alias since 1992.

jcw · Post by **jcw** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:02 pm

Have the wife's family annual get together over on Whidbey Island. Pot luck. We're bringing the usual Kahlua pork and strawberry shortcake. Might make a batch of my mom's sweet pickle potato salad also.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:13 pm

Old Ironsights wrote:
Griff wrote:And here I am... stuck driving across the northern tier states to SHYCAGO!!! Still trying to decide if I wanna go via North or South Dakota!!!
And what a mess Chitcagoland is right now too with all the power outages/storm damage.
Hope you are hauling a load of generators & petrol...

Nope, and I plan on gettin' in and out on the same day! I was hopin' to be in Big Timber tomorrow droolin' over some Sharps... but alas, I'm still awaiting word on my freight!

draperjojo · Post by **draperjojo** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:38 pm

jcw wrote:Have the wife's family annual get together over on Whidbey Island. Pot luck. We're bringing the usual Kahlua pork and strawberry shortcake. Might make a batch of my mom's sweet pickle potato salad also.

My dad lives over in Coupeville, I'm sure they will be cooking up something good too!

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:42 am

That's a great story Steve. I've been to the Ranger museum on visits to my daughter while she attending Baylor. Neat place. Nate sounds like the pure quill, and I'll bet he knew how to run that Model 1895.

CowboyTutt · Post by **CowboyTutt** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:05 pm

Wow, you guys really know how to cook pork butt! I am going to have to try that. Maybe even this weekend. Right now I have a tri-tip marinating that I will slow cook in the smoker tomorrow. -Tutt

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:08 pm

Tutt, not a darned thing wrong with tritip!

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:08 pm

draperjojo wrote:
jcw wrote:Have the wife's family annual get together over on Whidbey Island. Pot luck. We're bringing the usual Kahlua pork and strawberry shortcake. Might make a batch of my mom's sweet pickle potato salad also.
My dad lives over in Coupeville, I'm sure they will be cooking up something good too!

We're not famous for it, but Washington has some killer Q........

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