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So, I had some time this weekend and found Tesco had bone in shoulder.

I started on Sunday morning and hit the stall after something like 5 hours;



Eventually, we got through the stall and the temperature started creeping up. After 12 hours I was hungry and it was close enough;



Looking good;



Falling from the bone;



Pulled pork;



And a clean bone!



This was a 2.5kg butt and was about £8, which was not only fantastic fun to cook but was even better to eat! I took the skin off at the last minute, it got left behind really, and put that over the remaining heat for a few minutes. Beautiful crackling finished it off.

Nice looking pulled pork, especially as you found it bone in in Tesco!!

Looks good! Can I ask where you got your redi chek from, and how much it was? I've been looking and cqn only see the et732, which is about 59quid.

Those bone in shoulders from tesco are great value. I can't get them at my local 'superstore' but I think you can get them from tesco extra.

I believe they're not quite Boston butt cuts but they'll do nicely (not yet had a genuine butt though). The meat on one side if the bone is pretty thin and I found dries out a little quicker.

But if my butcher hunt fails that's what I'll be doing this weekend to try out my new ET733.

Essexsmoker, if you're interested I got my 733 from eBay - took about 9 days to arrive, around £65 delivered (on a Sunday!). From what u gear the probe wires may be improved and the interface may be easier, though I haven't used the 732.

essexsmoker wrote:Looks good! Can I ask where you got your redi chek from, and how much it was? I've been looking and cqn only see the et732, which is about 59quid.

Hi Essexsmoker, I bought on a trip to the states but the bbqequipmentstore, ship to the UK. I think they may only stock the Maverick's now but I don't think there is much difference.

Matsuya wrote:Those bone in shoulders from tesco are great value. I can't get them at my local 'superstore' but I think you can get them from tesco extra.

I believe they're not quite Boston butt cuts but they'll do nicely (not yet had a genuine butt though). The meat on one side if the bone is pretty thin and I found dries out a little quicker.

But if my butcher hunt fails that's what I'll be doing this weekend to try out my new ET733.

Essexsmoker, if you're interested I got my 733 from eBay - took about 9 days to arrive, around £65 delivered (on a Sunday!). From what u gear the probe wires may be improved and the interface may be easier, though I haven't used the 732.

Hi Matsuya, Yes, it was an Extra store.

I agree, I had to look through a number there as some of them appeared to quickly thin out. There were a few that had a better shape too. I think I bought it on a Monday, they had plenty to choose from and the use by dates were a long way out.

Enjoy your cook this weekend.

Dan

Thanks for the replies.

I always use those bone in shoulders from Tesco and they come out great. Skin off first, and I usually put the thicker side down to reduce the drying out of the thin side. Always impresses whoever I'm cooking for.

I left the skin on and cooked skin down. The meat came away from the skin during the cook which made it easy to prepare some crackling while we impatiently let the meat rest!

Looks very tasty,

I tend to use the bone in joints from Tesco, very cheap, always seem to be a good selection in my local Tesco (southend)

As they were so cheap I got a couple over christmas and experimented with one fat cap on - one off, I didn't notice any difference in juicyness however the fatless one had a nice bark all round - so I have cooked cap off from now on.