Smoked Pork Butt
Contributed by: NAPSA
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All these convenient features make it possible to start the evening meal before leaving the house in the morning. A marinade-injected pork butt, a spice-rubbed brisket or even luscious racks of ribs can be placed in the smoker. Adding a handful of wood chips to the side-loading wood chip tray adds a smoke flavor that can't be beat, and by dinnertime, a melt-in-your-mouth or falling-off-the-bone dinner can be served.
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This recipe for smoked pork butt will rival any restaurant meal.
Ingredients:
- 7 lbs fresh pork butt
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp chili powder
- Wood chips
- Suggestion: apple or other fruit flavor
Directions:
Mix ingredients and rub onto pork butt.
Cook pork for 5 hours in smoker at 225 degrees F, using wood chips during the first 3 hours.
After 5 hours, remove butt and wrap in heavy foil. Cook for an additional 3 hours. Internal temperature should be 160 degrees F.
For Southern-style serving, pull pork apart and serve with your favorite barbecue sauce, fresh white bread and coleslaw.
