First Overnight Pork Shoulder (No Wrap)

[Dwight Smokem]

I typically have followed the classic method of 225 until a certain temp and bark obtained, then wrapped until 202-205. Headed to deer camp early this morning so decided to do 7.5lb bone in butt overnight. 7.5 hours at 275, injected with just enough apple juice to keep moist. Really pleased with how it turned out and couldn't resist pulling a couple pieces of this amazing bark off before putting in the cooler.
Rub: Holy Gospel, cooked on RT-700.

 

[chadinsc]

looks great man. good luck on the hunt. im headed to bear camp monday and taking some pulled pork and a portable gas grill!

 

[Pacman]

My very first cook in my RT was an unwrapped pork shoulder cooked almost identically to yours. I get the whole wrapping logic, but an unmolested pork shoulder that I marinated/injected in orange juice, cumin, Mexican oregano, onion and garlic for a day then applied a garlic chipotle rub came out similarly well with zero effort overnight. Mine was a pretty big shoulder so I think I went 11 hours at 250 to hit an IT of around 203, then I let it rest for another few hours covered in a cooler. The chime bone slipped right out and the meat was still very moist.

I honestly think I might not bother wrapping pork shoulders in the future.