What to put in the smoker this weekend?

[yz9890]

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[Aloha_Shooter]

Saw some nice pork shoulders at the commissary yesterday so decided to do one. Rubbed it down last night with a rub I got at a county fair and early this morning popped it into the smoker (using apple pellets this time). Then I realized I had a pot luck this evening to go photograph fireworks. Dang, the shoulder isn't going to be done in time for that. In fact, I'll probably have to pull it a little early so I can go down for the fireworks then finish it in the oven.

No matter, I'll make a sugar-free gluten-free (calorie-full) cheesecake. In fact, I'll split it into 2 cheesecakes since the recipe usually results in a rather tall one. Everything's going fine until I preheat the oven to 500 ... looks like I had some grease splatters in the back that I hadn't noticed when I was prepping. Smoke is reduced now that the oven is back down to 200. I already had the batter going so these are going to be like I did them in the smoker ... (BTW, ADT is very amused and while I'm embarrassed about them having to call me 3 times, at least I know they are responsive).

[BladesNBarrels]

Then I realized I had a pot luck this evening to go photograph fireworks. I'll probably have to pull it a little early so I can go down for the fireworks then finish it in the oven.

If you weren't so far away, I would come and watch the smoker for you.
Yep, and sure I would leave some for you all. Yep!

[Aloha_Shooter]

If you weren't so far away, I would come and watch the smoker for you.
Yep, and sure I would leave some for you all. Yep!

Thanks for the offer but the shoulder hit 180 right after I wrapped it ... should be fine ... can't remember when I last used the oven or what for but it must have been messy ... can't even use the auto-clean function, gotta go in there this weekend with chemicals and scrubbers ... tried the autoclean after I pulled the cheesecakes (which were fine, thank you) and the oven was venting more smoke than the smoker ...

Edit: Mystery solved. Somehow one of my wooden cutting boards got stuck above the top coil .. yeah, no wonder it was smoking harder than the smoker ...