This is vaguely the recipe I’m following, straight out of the Anova sous vide stick guide for pork shoulder. It’s a USA-American recipe, so halve the sugar and salt at least #EasterPig
Traveling to the final resting place, over at Deer Park (no deers though). To avoid a repeat of the Christmas disaster in the back of the car, I am not removing it from the vac-pack bag, keeping it in the tall pot with a bit of water left in, and cling wrap under the lid to prevent any spills #EasterPig
Next up, the BBQ sauce. Just tip all the meat juice into a saucepan, dump a heap of brown sugar and apple cider vinegar in too, then reduce down to 1/3 #EasterPig
Tip 1: use your stove to assist with initially heating the bath, and use a very low temperature to help the cooker at higher bath temperatures. Induction hobs are ideal because they can hold an exceptionally low power. #SousVide#ProTip#EasterPig
Tip 2: on long cooks, cover the pot with cling wrap to minimise evaporation. I regularly do 18-24 hour cooks using this, and have never had a problem with the bath running dry #SousVide#ProTip#EasterPig
Tip 3: on medium to long cooks of 4+ hours, cover the pot with alfoil to minimise heat loss and reduce the amount of power needed to keep the bath at temperature. Shiny side down. #SousVide#ProTip#EasterPig
Tip 4: just buy the longest rolls of cling wrap, alfoil, and baking paper. It’s not like those go bad over time… (see previous 2 toots for photos) #SousVide#ProTip#EasterPig
Tip 5: double-seal your vac-pack bags. The seal is the weakest point, especially on higher temperature cooks like this. Move the bag a couple of mm so you get 2 separate seals close together but not overlapping #SousVide#ProTip#EasterPig
@Taco_lad also works very well. Electric cooktops also work well for very low sustained heat, but are trickier to get the right temperature. Gas burners usually run too hot, even the small one
@jpm I'm not sure if it's available up your way, but I was able to get some chipotle liquid smoke the other day. It's quite good if you don't want to spend all day over a smoker
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