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).