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Mad Hunky General Purpose Rub Review

BBQ Rub Review: Mad Hunky General Purpose Rub

By on February 25, 2013 in Pork, Reviews, Rubs

For those of you that follow my blog and YouTube channel regularly, you know that I’m a big fan of Rich Tirpak’s products over at Mad Hunky Meats.  I had the chance to try out the Mad Hunky General Purpose  rub (aka the “GP rub”) on a butt the other day and wanted to quickly walk you [...]

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How To Slow Cook a Boston Butt on a Weber Charcoal Grill

By on May 7, 2012 in Pork, Tips and Tricks

A lot of you out there that may love to BBQ, but might not be super serious about it and probably don’t have a smoker of some kind, but you at least have a trusty ol’ Weber charcoal grill (or “kettle”) sitting on your back porch.  A while back I posted about the 26.75″ Weber [...]

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Boston butt injection marinade

By on January 21, 2012 in Boston butts, Equipment, Marinades / Brines / Glazes, Pork, Tips and Tricks

I’ve been reading a lot on the forums about how a lot of the competition guys inject marinade into pork shoulders, briskets, hams, turkeys and chickens.  A lot of the feedback I hear is that while the rub is good for the outside bark and certainly provides a ton of flavor, injecting marinades deep inside [...]

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Picnic Shoulder vs Boston Butt

By on January 1, 2012 in Boston butts, Pork

So up to this point, I’ve only smoked Boston butts for pulled pork, but last night as part of our New Year’s Eve jam here at the house, my buddy Mike smoked a pork “picnic” shoulder.  In case you’re like me and didn’t really know the difference between a Boston butt and a picnic, I’ve [...]

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