Big Hunka Cured Smoked Pork

I recently cured and smoked some pork on my drum. I used a pork shoulder and cut it into several pieces.
I dusted with a mixture of tenderquick and sugar (1 TBS of TQ mixed with 1 tsp of sugar per pound of meat).





I let the meat cure for three hours, then rinsed in cool water.




I rubbed them with olive oil and seasoned with cracked black pepper....

Into my drum smoker with some hickory.




The juice dripping from the pork onto the hot coals cause small flair ups...but it smells so good! :)

The pork hunks were ready in about an hour.


The hunka cured, smoked pork with lambsquarter....

The cure makes the pork pink, juicy and tasty. :)