Lunch: Wood Chick's Smoked Pork Butt

Ingredients

1 (5-pound) or larger bone-in pork butt
1/4 cup BBQ dry rub, homemade or store-bought
1 cup apple juice in spray bottle
Special equipment: Charcoal and hickory and apple wood chips soaked in water 1/2 hour prior to cooking

Instructions

Twelve hours prior to cooking, trim fat cap to 1/4-inch thickness from pork butt. Season heavily with dry rub. Place in plastic bag and refrigerate overnight.
Remove pork from refrigerator 2 hours prior to cooking to come to room temperature.
Prepare smoker to temperature of 210 to 220 degrees F and place 1 handful of hickory chips and 1 handful of apple chips on hot coals.
Place pork butt in smoker and smoke for 14 to 16 hours adding 1 handful of hickory and 1 handful of apple chips every 4 hours. After 5 hours in smoker, begin spraying generously with apple juice every 2 hours.
Pork will be done when the internal temperature reaches 185 to 190 degrees F.
Pull or chop meat as desired and top with your favorite sauce!

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