What to put in the smoker this weekend?

[Great-Kazoo]

My son, daughter, SIL & 2 month old grandson are coming over for dinner tonight. I'm smoking 2 slabs of ribs and a Boston Butt (pulled pork) for the occasion, but since my daughter claims to not like pork I'll be grilling some steak kabobs as well. Per my daughters request, I'll also be grilling some fresh pineapple rings (I'm going to do some plain & some rubbed in brown sugar first).

Attached are images of the raw pork butt and then both the butt & ribs all rubbed up ready for the smoker (earlier): (major issues trying to upload/attach the images.)

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These are the rubs I used.

I've never tried rubbing meat with yellow mustard before adding the rub but decided to try it on the Boston Butt this time since many of you swear by it.

Also, since I didn't have any apple juice to put in theater bin in the smoker, I thought I'd give it a shot using an Angry Orchard Crisp Apple Hard Cider. Using a 50/50 mix of Apple & hickory pellets in the Masterbuilt for these.

I'll post more pics when I pull the meat off of the smoker.

next time try using a small helping of mesquite blended in with the Hickory & Apple. Did you do the rub yesterday, wrap in plastic wrap (or bag) and sit over night??

There's 2 trains of thought when it comes to dry rubs, Overnight / 24 hrs or as the smoker or grill is getting to temp dry rub it. We've done both depending on cut of meat with good results on both.

What brand sneakers you wearing?