It had been a while since I did any smoking, so I broke down and did a 9-10lb butt this past weekend. There was alcohol involved in the prep (and in the smoking, and waiting, and eating etc), so I forgot the brown sugar in the rub, but it was basically:
1/2 cup kosher salt
1/4 cup garlic powder
1/4 cup ancho pepper powder
1/4 cup pasilla negro pepper powder
1/4 cup mexican oregano
(should have been 1/2 cup of brown sugar, but as I mentioned, there was alcohol involved...lol)
Started it at 250 til it got going and the smoke started rolling, then backed it off to 225*.
While it was smoking, I was spritzing it (and myself) with basically a caipirinha (cachaca, lime and liquid sugar)
This was fairly early on... maybe 115*:
Here it is when pulled at 165* and wrapped, before going into the oven for another couple hours (til around 195*):
And here it is after being pulled and adding a finishing sauce:
The finishing sauce ingredients were:
1 Cup Cider Vinegar
2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
1 Teaspoon Cajun Seasoning
1 Teaspoon Course Black Pepper
1 1/2 Teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
The remaining caipirinha spritz
It was good... will have to do it again soon, and see the difference actually adding the brown sugar to the rub makes... LOL
In fact... gonna go make a sammich now