Smoking a boston butt on charcoal grill

Despite the fact that this recipe calls for many hours of cooking time, there isn’t much more that has to be done. Just go hang out with your buddies and enjoy your time!

With this recipe, it’s easy to prepare a significant amount of food with little effort, which makes it a great choice for summer barbecues with friends.

In all, it took us roughly six hours to complete. If you want to make this dish for a party, make sure you give yourself enough time.

Make sure to cook the pork until its internal temperature reaches 200ºF. This will ensure that the pork is juicy and tender.

Before pulling the pork, you can add barbecue sauce or any other flavorings you like. When I eat it, I like to add different things. So each time it will have a different taste and never get bored.

Check out our video on YouTube to learn about some of the other sauces we like to add (besides bbq sauce).

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Pork Shoulder on Charcoal Grill

Making delicious pulled pork on the charcoal grill!

Prep Time1 hr

Cook Time4 hrs

Resting time1 hr

Total Time6 hrs

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: barbecue, grill, pork, pork butt, pork shoulder

Servings: 20 people

Calories: 352kcal

Cost: $20

Equipment

• Charcoal grill

Ingredients

• Pork shoulder about 6lbs

Brine (salt to water ratio)

• ¼ cup kosher salt
• 1 cup water

Seasoning

• yellow mustard
• black pepper
• garlic powder
• brown sugar

Others

• apple juice
• bbq sauce

Instructions

• Dissolve the salt in lukewarm water. The salt to water ratio we used is 1/4 cup of kosher salt to 4 cups of water. Add some ice cubes to cool down this warm water before adding it to the pork. Soak the pork in. Leave it in the fridge for 1 hour.

• An hour later, fill the charcoal into the chimney, light up some paper, and put the charcoal chimney on the top.

• Use a paper towel to pat dry the pork. Squeeze some yellow mustard and make it cover evenly on the pork. This will help the powder seasoning mix stick to the pork. Cover the pork evenly with black pepper, garlic powder, and brown sugar.

• When there are white ashes covered on the top part of the charcoal, it is ready to grill! Pour the lighted charcoal to the grill, also lay some unlit charcoal together, so it will extend the cooking time. Let it heat up for 5 minutes, then use a wire brush to clean the grate. Then wipe it with a paper towel that is soaked in oil, and repeat this process several times.

• We are going to place the pork on the side of indirect heat. Before adding the pork, place an aluminum pan with 1 cup of apple juice underneath. This will help to keep the pork moist during the smoking process, and also catches the juice that drips off.

• Lay 2 chunks of wood on top of the charcoal. Close the lid and cook for about 3 hours.I usually come back to check the temperature every couple hours, and spray some apple juice on the surface. So the pork won’t dry out.If the grill temperature drops below 300, add more charcoal in, together with a block of wood chunk with.

• Now after 3 hours of cooking time, we’ve already got a lot of smoking flavor. Then we are going to transfer this pork into the apple juice pan.Clean the crate, and cover the tray with a heavy-duty aluminum foil. Add more charcoal in and let it keep cooking for about 1 hour.Cook until the internal temperature reaches above 200F. If it is below this range, it will get cooked but won't be as easy to pull.

• Remove the pork from the grill, and let it rest for 1 hour, so that it will keep the maximum of the juice.

• One hour later, it is time to pull! You can add some bbq sauce or other seasoning you like to mix well here. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 352kcal

We think you’ll be blown away by how easy and delicious this pulled pork dish is. Don’t forget to leave a comment below and tell us how your pork butt dish came out.