Pulled pork! er, Deer!

[The ScubaCamper]

I've been smoking some boston butt recently and frankly, it's been turning out downright delicious, if I do say so myself!
I soak the butt in water/molasses/salt brine for 10-12 hours, then dry rub it & cook it on the weber charcoal grill for 30mins/pound, adding moist hickory or mesquite wood chips as needed.

I was thinking about doing the same with deer meat this year. Has anyone tried it? How did it turn out?

 

[TAFKAP]

Poser's buddy did one recently that they say turned out phenomenal. I believe it needed a LOT of help in the fat department, so they used lard.

 

[The ScubaCamper]

Do you know/remember how he went about incorporating the lard?

Do you think the bone-in would provide enough moisture/flavor, or is the marrow real gamey?

 

[rastubbs]

Some people use real fatty bacon to wrap the quarter in... I have a buddy that kills hogs in the winter. I have him save me around 25lbs of fat( I don't use it all for the one quarter). I slice 1.5 inches thick, lay over quarter, secure with toothpicks and a few hours later.......full belly.

 

[The ScubaCamper]

Wow - that DOES look delicious!

I will definitely give that a try, assuming I harvest one this year!!

 

[chero]

looks good! What temp are we looking for prior to braising?

 

[A/M/G]

I think he was asking internal temp before braising.

 

[medic]

I smoked a deer ham when I was smoking a couple pork butts. I placed some of the fat I trimmed off the butts on the venison. I placed the ham on the rack under the pork butts to catch the drippings off the butts. Turned out great and pulled apart like the butts did.

 

[The ScubaCamper]

^^^That's not a bad idea at all. Kinda difficult when using a Weber kettle grill though.

Perhaps I'll trim some of the fat off my next pork butt & freeze it for the next deer ham...

 

[medic]

^^^That's not a bad idea at all. Kinda difficult when using a Weber kettle grill though.

Perhaps I'll trim some of the fat off my next pork butt & freeze it for the next deer ham...

I have done that too.

 

[BamaProud]

I did a turkey under 3 butts once it was amazing.