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Well it won't hurt to give it a go. Thanks for the replies

Hi guys.

Has anyone used hand of pork for pulled pork? I normally use shoulder of pork with the bone in and passed a butcher in the market with hand of pork on offer.

Would you cook this exactly the same as a shoulder and prep the same way?

I use a weber kettle and have managed to purchase some ...

I was aiming for 190 and by the time I took it off it was 196 oF. I didn't really notice a stall but I did just put it on and left it. There wasn't really a lot of juice left after I left it for resting but I think next time I will leave the skin on and make a sauce for it to be pulled into.

I did have a drip tray underneath that was filled with hot water to try and keep it moist. As I said it wasn't Sahara Desert dry just I was expecting it to be a little bit more moist thats all. As it was my first attempt Im just happy that it turned out well!

Thanks for the replies. I only thought it was a little dry nothing to write home about but was pretty chuffed with the results. I only used the tesco pork incase i completely screwed the cook up and didn't want to waste a good cut! If u had more of a fat cap would that make more of a bark??

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Well I finally have done it. After months of lurking and researching and being away with the RN for a while I have finally managed to get my first proper low and slow cook in.

All went well I had the pork in by 0945 and was taken off at 1630 a little over the 190 I was aiming for. I used the snake ...

I'm here!!

Cheers guys

Well I ended up buying a 2 inch smoker thermometer to use in the vents and see how I get on with that. Was hoping to get some cooking done tonight but time and weather are against me!!

Cheers for the reply JEC. That page has loads of information on. I'll have a look at temperature probes but trying to explain to the missis why I need them might take a while! It was hard enough trying to get the bbq !

Hey everyone.

I have a 57 Weber One Touch the one with the silver plate as an ash catcher and no thermometer. I'm looking to. Install a thermometer on the lid as close to the grill as I can get to monitor the grill temp. My question is this. What side do I put the thermometer on? The vent side ...