Saturday Morning is my step daughters birthday party. Party starts around noon so figure eating around 12-1pm.
Wifey wants me to do pulled pork and baked beans. Also my jalapeno corn bread and poppers.
I figure the 8lb pork loin we have is going to take about 12 hours to smoke at around 250f. I will need to cut the pork loin in half to get it to fit in my smoker. This is a good chance for me to make half spicy rubbed and other mild for the elderly and those with elderly constitutions. anyhow I digress.
With the party being so early in the day what would be the best route for the smoke. I'm thinking starting it friday afternoon/evening and finishing up around 2am saturday. Then wrapping in foil and putting in a cooler.
That way saturday morning when I wake up I can pull it and put into foil trays and reheat with the beans while I smoke the poppers for 1-1.5hrs.
This sound about right to you guys? I've never done the whole wrap in foil and cooler before pull thing but I have heard that's how a lot of guys do it. Am I thinking wrong or will being in the cooler while I sleep be a bad thing?
Wifey wants me to do pulled pork and baked beans. Also my jalapeno corn bread and poppers.
I figure the 8lb pork loin we have is going to take about 12 hours to smoke at around 250f. I will need to cut the pork loin in half to get it to fit in my smoker. This is a good chance for me to make half spicy rubbed and other mild for the elderly and those with elderly constitutions. anyhow I digress.
With the party being so early in the day what would be the best route for the smoke. I'm thinking starting it friday afternoon/evening and finishing up around 2am saturday. Then wrapping in foil and putting in a cooler.
That way saturday morning when I wake up I can pull it and put into foil trays and reheat with the beans while I smoke the poppers for 1-1.5hrs.
This sound about right to you guys? I've never done the whole wrap in foil and cooler before pull thing but I have heard that's how a lot of guys do it. Am I thinking wrong or will being in the cooler while I sleep be a bad thing?