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MEAT!!

The meat's been in the smoker for about an hour and a half. This is actually my first time using straight mesquite pellets instead of the generic competitor's blend I tend to get from Costco. Noticing a lot more red color to the meat as it smokes versus the regular approach but tough to say if that's something with the pellets themselves or just the way the smoke's going today. Got about an hour and a half more with them loose then I'm gonna wrap 'em in the taro leaves and then either butcher's paper or foil, but I'm kinda leaning towards foil on this one. Both do the job just fine, but part of the concept here is to steam the meat over a long time and the foil should do a better job of trapping all of the moisture. Plus I suck at wrapping with butchers paper still and am not in the mood to be experimenting too much.

sep 1, 2025, 3:30 pm • 6 0

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MEAT!!!

Three hours smoking at 225 has given them a real strong red color. No particular drying out and could've probably been smoked uncovered for longer but we've got most of the smoke flavor into them so we might as well wrap 'em now.

Butt one getting wrapped. Wrapping it in the taro leaves is interesting, not normally how I do it in a world where foil is available but it's a good day for a little experimentation. Still wrapping it in foil afterwards, of course, looking to keep as much of the steam in there as possible but I still punched a hole in it for the temp probe.

Second butt, same as the first. These leaves are going to be nothing but plant fiber and pork fat by the end of this process and I'm looking forward to them.

sep 1, 2025, 6:05 pm • 4 0 • view

MEAT: FIN

One of the pork butts. Cooked a bit fast and lost some juices that were kept safe in the aluminum pan I put it in. Damn good pulled pork, though it mostly tasted like (very good) regular pulled pork to me. Nice and tender, good smoke color, decent smoke and salt flavor. Not sure the Taro leaves added much, but they at least add some visual disti ction when shredded up. Damn good smoke.

Obligatory photo of the dish itself. Yummy chunks of pork with some rice to balance the richness. Also a Monster can, but I had very little to do with making that.

sep 1, 2025, 11:26 pm • 2 0 • view