Pork Butt Success

[Gotbbq]

Pork butt for dinner tonight. Served on King’s Hawaiian Rolls with spicy coleslaw. The bark was good. Good smoke ring. I made first beef jerky. Needs work. Anyone ever use the lumberjack mesquite? Thoughts?

 

[Bytor]

Sure looks might fine. I'm smoking one in the morning, plenty of food to come, that's for sure. I noticed Crown maple syrup in the background. That stuff is amazing. Did you use any on your smoke?

 

[Gotbbq]

Sure looks might fine. I'm smoking one in the morning, plenty of food to come, that's for sure. I noticed Crown maple syrup in the background. That stuff is amazing. Did you use any on your smoke?

The crown maple syrup is made not far from where I live. It’s great. I used the applewood smoked crown in the mop and again in the coleslaw. It adds a nice touch.

 

[ndfan6464]

Looks great brother. Bark looks perfect.

As far as the lumberjack goes, I've used just about every flavor they make available and honestly, I love them all. Probably not the answer your looking for but I truly dont have anything bad to say about them. I live in one of the most humid places on Gods creations and they have never failed being subject to the humidity. I cant say how they do under cold temps since well it gets maybe down to 19 or 20 degrees here 4 or 5 days a year here..

 

[Gotbbq]

Looks great brother. Bark looks perfect.

As far as the lumberjack goes, I've used just about every flavor they make available and honestly, I love them all. Probably not the answer your looking for but I truly dont have anything bad to say about them. I live in one of the most humid places on Gods creations and they have never failed being subject to the humidity. I cant say how they do under cold temps since well it gets maybe down to 19 or 20 degrees here 4 or 5 days a year here..

Thanks, I was really wondering if anyone found the mesquite very strong, i didn't. It was good. I use both rec tec and lumberjack exclusively.

 

[ndfan6464]

I am usually not a big fan of mesquite because yeah it can be strong. But I dont mind it some much with Lumberjack...

Now it could be that pellet smoking doesnt give as strong of a smoke flavor, if not using tubes, so that could be why it's not as strong. I just started pellet smoke about a year ago and have notice big differences between traditional and pellet smoke...

 

[Roaniecowpony]

Looks great!
I've been using Lumberjack Cherry. Great flavor. I plan on shifting to Lumberjack completely, once I burn thru the 400 lbs of Rectec Ultimate blend. I've been mixing apple, cherry, or mesquite into the Rectec Ult blend, to get the flavors I want. I reserve the mesquite for beef. Beef has such a big bold flavor, it needs the boldness of mesquite. I might use it for lamb as well. But, for fish, pork and chicken, I'm a fan of the lighter flavors of apple, cherry, other fruitwoods, and maple. If I could only have one wood to use, I'd probably pick apple, but maybe cherry. Either of those are my favorites.

 

[Roaniecowpony]

I am usually not a big fan of mesquite because yeah it can be strong. But I dont mind it some much with Lumberjack...

Now it could be that pellet smoking doesnt give as strong of a smoke flavor, if not using tubes, so that could be why it's not as strong. I just started pellet smoke about a year ago and have notice big differences between traditional and pellet smoke...

Lumberjack comes in two varieties of Mesquite pellets. One is a Mesquite Blend that is 60% Oak/40% Mesquite. The other is a 100% Mesquite. Straight mesquite can be pretty strong and it doesn't take long to get the smoke flavors I need for my beef bbq.

If you want more smoke flavor in your bbq, try running on LO for a couple hours then step up to 225F or your usual bbq temp.

 

[Gotbbq]

Lumberjack comes in two varieties of Mesquite pellets. One is a Mesquite Blend that is 60% Oak/40% Mesquite. The other is a 100% Mesquite. Straight mesquite can be pretty strong and it doesn't take long to get the smoke flavors I need for my beef bbq.

If you want more smoke flavor in your bbq, try running on LO for a couple hours then step up to 225F or your usual bbq temp.

Yeah, I got the 100% mesquite. I was going to mix it with some other pellets but forgot and used it straight. It was ok. A touch strong. I'm a fan of the hickory, apple and cherry. I've used low at times. Just depends if I have an extra couple of hours. Headquarters often decides she wants BBQ for dinner towards late afternoon. Who am i to say no.