Apple Pork

There is something about pairing Apples with Pork that just clicks.  Pork Chops, and Apple Sauce or Pork Tenderloin with Apple Stuffing are some of the best things you can do with Pork.  Well I am pulling that concept into the Slow Smoker Realm.  This is Apple Juice marinated, Apple Wood Smoked Pork Picnic Shoulder Roast, or Apple Pork Butt.  Look at that color...

I start this process with a kinda small Pork Butt, 6 pounds.  Then I marinate it in Apple Juice, ordinary Apple Juice, for more than 12 hours.  It went 16 hours this time.  At this point I am not adding anything else, just Apple Juice.  Then after the marination time is done I'll drain the Apple Juice, and dry off the Pork Butt.

Then, like anything I put in the Slow Smoker, I'll add a Rub to the Pork Butt.  This time I used Adam's Spices Texas  Style Pork Rub.  It has a good flavor, and is not too hot.  In the meantime I am firing up the Oklahoma Joe's Smoker with the Apple Wood.

I usually pair the Pork with some sort of Beans, and Vegetation.  This time I am using Anasazi Beans which I'll prepare with Tomato, Jalapeno, Onion, Garlic, and a Herb.

The Anasazi Beans will soak in water while the Pork Butt is finishing in the Crock Pot.  The Pork spent 2.5 hours in the Smoker which gave it that great color.  Then it will spend another 8 hours in the Crock Pot, on low, to finish it off.  When the Pork it ready I'll pull it out of the Crock Pot, and use the Au Jus to make the Anasazi Beans.  The Au Jus from the Pork makes the Beans So Delicious...