Born, raised, and rooted in Carolina, I think you did a fine job of replicating a version of our BBQ. I say “a” version because as you stated it is different depending on the region. Being truthful, your meat was closer than your slaw, but I give you credit for including the slaw and for putting your own spin on it. Here in central NC we primarily use a red slaw that has tomato products and vinegar instead of mayonnaise. I personally prefer the mayo version over the red. Most restaurants in my area have a choice of red or white slaw. Also the meat in our area is cooked without a mop sauce and very little sauce is added when pulled, so it is served basically plain with sauces on the side. But SC style is cooked, pulled, and served with sauce added throughout just as you demonstrated. Some regions will have a gloopy mess when you get it. All of it is good in its own respect, therefore, I like to travel and experience them all. I said all that just to give you respect for a job well done sir!

Pretty spot on with flavors. Only thing is that you shouldn’t have wrapped and let the mop sauce hit the coals. That’s part of the signature Carolina flavor

The Carolinas are to pork, what Texas is to beef. I love that America has specific bbq regions that are so different from each other that a comparison isn’t really an accurate comparison. Great video!

Great video Joe! I bought Rodney Scott's cookbook a few months back and he includes his mop sauce in the book. I have tried it a few times and it is amazing on pork. Now I need to try your method of smoking a pork butt and spare ribs along with Rodney's mop sauce. Thanks for the inspiration!

I can't believe how fast your family is growing. Love your channel and hope that you break the barrier in subscriptions.

Thanks for the great video. I'm going to try this receipe/method this week. I'll keep you updated.

I make a bar b q sauce that is extremely close to Rodney's but......Rodney is the KING so I'll bow my head and confess his greatness.

Love the method Joe. Real nice way to try to duplicate whole hog at home. Thanks for giving us ideas. Keep innovating!

Joe great job, really this video was well done!! The coffee break with the guess star is a very nice touch. I’ll be making this one for sure.

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom! Funny story is my daughter has been stealing sips of my coffee since she was 4 years old. 😁

Oh my, I can't say enough good things about this one! From the spoon/mop sauce technique, textures of the meat, sauce and coleslaw recipes... Absolute heaven‼️👍👍😊

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Bobbi! This was such a good recipe. I appreciate you watching.👍🏼

Great video. There's so many new things to try from this video.

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching 👍🏼

This is the best rendition of Carolina Pulled Pork as I’ve seen. I’ve watched probably 100 videos on the subject but yours follows the processes of the masters…like Rodney Scott. Your specific coleslaw recipe has a historical background to the Dutch. It’s most popular in the US in Amish country like Pennsylvania and Ohio.

@allenbateman3518

Жыл бұрын

obviously you have never had true SC BBQ..

That was such a Super cook! Being Texan, I usually prefer un-sauced (or at least on the side), but I also loved SC bbq when I lived in that area for a few years (the mustard-based was a game changer). And, a half or 3/4 C mayo added to that exact slaw Really pulls it together. Awesome work!

That looks AMAZING!! I was stationed in SC in the early 90's, then in NC in the late 90's. I remember getting some pulled pork at a local (independent ) fast food style BBQ restaurant and asking where the BBQ sauce was (at that point I had never had Carolina BBQ before). Anyway, they pointed me to some bottles of sauce. I had looked right past them because that didn't look like any BBQ sauce I had ever seen before. Definitely different at first. But I soon fell in love with it. Now I crave it every so often and I want to smoke a butt and make some of my own Carolina BBQ. Very soon!! Thanks for the quality videos. I will refer back to this one when I go to make mine.

@amberjones9520

Жыл бұрын

First thank you for your service. And thank you for loving our Carolina BBQ. Did you try the vinegar sauce ??? Thats my favorite.

Now that is dedication!!!! Amazing cooking, Sir.

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Manuel. 👍🏼

We just might make a Carolina boy out of you yet!! Here in central North Carolina, we have a lot of debate about vinegar sauce vs tomato sauce. I personally like it vinegar. I do like to have mayo in my coleslaw tho!! Great video as always!

Oh my goodness does that ever look spectacular. I am loving your channel.

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. 👍🏼

Well you are very close on mop sauce. My first trip to Scotts in Hemingway was about 2010. They had most of the ingredients for their mop sauce in the store. Real Lemon brand bottled juice, red pepper flakes, Black pepper, white sugar and white vinegar. Now I think they ground the red pepper flakes to give the mop its red color. Rodney took me on tour of the pits and showed me everything from coals, Long handled shovel, boat oar, mop, and 5 gallon pails of mop sauce with fresh lemon slices. Rodney was very friendly and showed me everything. There may be a few secrets but he did not appear to hold back. He even shared his pit music. Joe you did a good job! Rib + butt is decent sub for whole hog. I can tell you he mops a little heavier than you did. I hacked his sauce as soon as I got back home. But that is about it. The secret is execution!

I think Rodney actually reduces his sauce in a saucepan for about 30 minutes. That, I think, is the "secret." I use vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, crushed red pepper, and Texas Pete as the base. It wasn't until I saw all the Rodney Scott videos that I started to add lemon, then reduce it for 30 minutes. However, I LOVE your idea of leaving the lemon carcass in the bottom of the Mason jar. I typically make a batch and let it rest in the refrigerator for a week before the cook, so I'll be interested to see how well "pickling" the lemon will go. Love the PBX, BTW. I have the PBC 18" and LOVE it.

@shawngillogly6873

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure Rodney throws a little something extra in the sauce besides the reduction. I've watched interviews with him, and he always mentions he uses white vinegar, not apple cider, and then, "something else" after the traditional Pedee ingredients.

@CoolJay77

2 жыл бұрын

@@shawngillogly6873 He will obviously not share the exact recipe. It is up to us to vary the sauce to our liking. I have noticed fresh lemon makes a big difference. I like to experiment adding other fresh ingredients, every time I make this mop sauce.

@Turbosha777

2 жыл бұрын

Theodore, I live here in Lexington NC, and have worked in BBQ since I was 15. You are dead on about how to make the sauce.

Looking good brother Joe!! Carolina BBQ stands alone with the mop & Vinegar sauce👍it's always a hit when I make it...great cook, thanks for sharing, have a great one, you all stay safe!!👍👊🍻🍺

Looks great buddy. Keep up the great work.

That's my wife's favorite sandwich, with the coleslaw, and extra sauce. I keep pulled pork in the freezer. I am never allowed to run out. She got hooked on them in Tennessee. 35 yrs ago. When I make my sauce I use half apple cider vinegar, no paprika, and I add 1/4 cup Frank's hot sauce. Sure is good eating.

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

I like apple cider vinegar sauce better that white vinegar too. I bet the hot sauce in there taste good. Thanks for watching David. 👍🏼

Awesome Joe Looks Great!

I really care about the food, thank you for sharing

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!👍🏼

This looks great! It's one of my dreams to go to S. Carolina and try Rodney Scott's barbecue. My brother lived in Charleston for a couple years and always bragged about going there all the time. I was jealous.

If I had that smoker and I wasn't hanging meat I'd ditch the rebar and buy some round magnets to cover the holes. Using them or not they will just stick to the side of the smoker and you don't have to fuss with the rods. Plus you can partially or fully cover some holes to direct smoke to the holes you want it to vent thru.

This video was genius and we'll executed. Im looking forward to trying to make some pulled pork out of spare ribs. Looked amazing!

Vinegar based sauce is eastern NC BBQ also. Rodney Sauce is the man! Great video. Pork looks amazing. Love the blues background music too!!!

Great video Joe that looked amazing, so have to try this , made my mouth water at 6am in Australia 👌👌

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching buddy. 👍🏼

Another amazing cook sir! That cole slaw looks great too!

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pete! This bbq was delicious 👍🏼

Great work, as always, chef

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex👍🏼

That sure looks very good! Cheers, Joe! 👍✌️✌️

That’s good eating right there…great video Joe

That is looking great and to combine pork shoulder with a rib is awesome - like it 👍👍👍

I don't think I have told you but I was born in Memphis and grew up eating pork bbq as a kid. Good stuff! Yours looks awesome and I will try some of that sauce next time I smoke some pork for sure

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that. It's interesting how popular pork is outside of Texas. Even Iowa claims to be the pork capital of the US. All I know is we like it here in Texas too. 😁 Thanks for watching Mark. 👍🏼

Great job! That is the closes video I have seen for RS's BBQ. I live in Austin Texas but grew up on the East Coast and I love both styles. In SC most places. Pull, chop, season, wet and mix. Each bite is the same. They all have a little bit of everything in it. In Texas they mostly just pull and do not chop. They do great beef here. But most of the pulled pork here is not so great. There is some really good pork loin that they cook more like a brisket. Thanks for the video!

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and your comment. I love me some good SC bbq. 👍

Dang Joe ....those Sammiches look delicious. I can just imagine the flavors going on there. Thanks for sharing my brother take care and have yourself a great week.

Looks delicious great job joe

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ron👍🏼

I need this in my life Joe!!! 🔥🔥🔥

That looks delicious Joe and definitely with the slaw on the sandwich

Excellent bro! I’ll be in South Carolina first week of May. I’m definitely going to be trying some authentic Carolina BBQ while I’m there!

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, check out Rodney Scotts. 👍🏼

Great job, love your videos! I’m from Carolina and some bbq restaurants serve bbq slaw along with there bbq sandwiches or bbq trays. Look in to it and try it out, you may like it as well. Again, love your videos, keep up the good work!

Looks awesome brother, love the mop sauce 👍🍺

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. It was delicious 👍🏼

Great cook Joe!🤠🤠

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Earnest. 👍🏼

Discovered BBQ was more than ribs in Carolina. Still hurts my soul a little when people say, "Good barbecue doesn't need sauce." I get they mean good *Texas* bbq. But Carolina hog without mop sauce is incomplete by design. And I still find pork without it lacking a bit of life. No matter how well its done.

My folks came from NC in the 30s. Make my own vinegar sauce. Have friends asking me to make them up. Some. Also use hot pepper flakes. Dark brown sugar. White sugar to bland. Just found your video. Great.

You're the man Joe!!

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Curt!👍🏼

My mom and dad are from beautiful Texas and we live in California river side CA and we love your show and thank you for the info my friend 👍👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯💯😋😋😋😋

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sam! I appreciate you watching my videos 👍🏼

Amo tus videos compa

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Gracias Perez!

This recipe is hard to beat. It is a great touch combining different cuts. The only one ingredient that you are missing is MSG either in the rub or in the mop sauce. ""Rodney Scott did note on the Today Show that MSG is a product he uses. “It may be a controversial ingredient,” Scott wrote, “but I unapologetically use MSG in my seasoning rub. It is a flavor maker!”"

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

I saw that interview as well. He also gave some of his mop sauce ingredients away and always said and some other little ingredients. I think this sauce was very close to his, it even looks the same. I appreciate you watching. 👍🏼

@ryangies4798

2 жыл бұрын

MSG is the flavor maker in ALL restaurant BBQ. If any Pitmaster denies it then watch their nose grow. Now they might not specifically use MSG but there are dozens of other “enhancers” natural and synthetic to boost the flavor of BBQ. No shame, especially when they’ve dialed in their specific flavor profiles.

@jmc0369

Жыл бұрын

Are we talking MSG as in Monosodium glutamate?

@CoolJay77

Жыл бұрын

@@jmc0369 Yes.

@jmc0369

Жыл бұрын

@@CoolJay77 thanks, i figured ot to be after doing more research. I just went against my gut to think of adding MSG. My wife gets nasty headaches from that stuff. Almost all ranch dressings have it.

Awesome video

I'm a sauce guy and that looks fantastic!! Just made me hungry at 10pm, umm thanks! 😂 🍻

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

😁 Thanks for watching 👍🏼

Aint Carolina slaw with out Dukes Mayo lol

That looks great, I also made a imitation Rodney sauce I don’t know what his tastes like so I have no clue on how it compared but I do know that I thought it was spicy and I am not a fan of spicy BBQ. Great job

I have saved this video thank you Joe

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Carole. 👍🏼

Gotta try this, it looks fabulous. also save about a half to 1 pound of that pulled pork and freeze it and next time you make barbecue baked beans throw it in there

Love me some good Carolina style pork. Awesome vid brotha

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍🏼

Well I got to cook for about 40 to 60 people and we're going to use this recipe Saturday so I'll let you know how it goes Joe I've done a lot of pulled pork but I'm going to try to get your way

By “hacked” do you mean you got it out of Rodney’s new book?? Just playing brother. Great video!

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Never read the book. Lots of investigative work went into this. 😁👍🏼

Joe, best hack is your approximation of a "whole hog" using commonly available. Nicely done sir.

Oh Hell Yeah! Awesome job doing your homework and making some bad ass Carolina Pork! Cheers!

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Rob!🤘

Im from that area and you are close to at Scott’s we use regular bread and it’s sauced up!

Looking good ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

nice old school pork, nice job

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scotty. ✌️

Love a good pulled pork sammie!!!

looks delicious.

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rich!🤘

Vinegar sauce is all I ever make. It's my favorite. Looks delicious.

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Nice, do you use white vinegar or apple cider vinegar?

@warmsteamingpile

2 жыл бұрын

I use apple cider vinegar and brown sugar.

I went to Rodney Scott’s this past June and I distinctly remember seeing green and red pieces. I do wonder if there’s bell peppers in there.

If you aren't using hickory, it isn't Carolina BBQ, good job! Curious to know what kind of vinegar you used for the mop sauce?

Good video Joe everything looks good enough to eat question why do you put the fat cap down?

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I did so that the fat could crisp up a bit. Aside from that, I smoke them fat cap up 99% of the time. 👍

Nice job🙌 I could almost taste it taste 👅 great idea to mix the pork butt and rib meat. That sauce looked good,will try it.

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it was delicious 👍🏼

Man i want to hire this guy to be my personal chef

You should try his BBQ collard greens

You should do a behind the scenes. Cook for your catering business steps in action for the job...

You need to butter and grill the buns. Makes a huge difference.

@IceMan-cp6ep

11 ай бұрын

Yes,even coat the bun with a little mayo and then press into a hot butted cast iron skillet

@thomass5169

11 ай бұрын

​@@IceMan-cp6ep Yes, that will also work, but I try not to use mayo with seed oils, as seed oils are not good for you. Actually, I recently started making my own mayo using Avocado oil. I think I will try the mayo on the bun next time I make a Smash burger. So thanks for the suggestion.

Very nice Joe! I hear he doesn't even give his recipes to his family. This looked absolutely amazing. Great video brother 👍

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Dude, I literally have to look in multiple areas for this recipe. 👍🏼

@rickstah360

2 жыл бұрын

@@SmokinJoesPitBBQ It's in Rodney's book. Page 211. ;) Real close to what you made, with some tweaks.

Just wondering why you have enough holes for 3 rods mine has only enough for 2 rods is your pit barrel a new model

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir, this is the PBX which is the full size Pit Barrel. 👍🏼

Damn!

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍🏼

Being a Carolina boy from Eastern North Carolina your recipe looks good but I have to say apple cider vinegar is more the way to go. A little white vinegar is okay but apple cider vinegar is King

Think i heard him say he simmers sauce to take some of the twang out the vinegar... But trying this sauce

I don’t know what part of NC you got that coal slaw recipe! But you lost me with no mayonnaise!

God I wish we were neighbors I would be your best friend you are awesome at what you do I have one quick question for you do you have your own restaurant

Thanks for making me HUNGRY for pulled pork

Just Buy Rodney's Cookbook - he has included his Mop Sauce in the book...

Where can i find the recipe ?

Sauce with mustard is South Carolina. Tomato base is western North Carolina. Vinegar is eastern NC, as brought to our Outer Banks in the 1600s from th Caribbean by Blackbeard and other pirates.. Tomatoes were thought to be poisonous, so they didn't enter the party till the 1800s, when this reached to Lexington, NC area. In eastern NC, we cook the pig "rooter to tooter" (meaning whole but gutted), wrapped and buried in the ground with hot coals for about 24 hours. Then it's chopped or sliced and sauce is added. You come down here talking about "pulled pork" we know you're a Yankee! There's even a town named Barbecue near Ft. Bragg, so you can attend the Barbecue church. 😊 Best sauce ever is Clear Run Farms in Harrells, NC. They ship.

Another amazing cook my brother

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother Jorge!

@805BBQJUNKIE

2 жыл бұрын

@@SmokinJoesPitBBQ 💯🔥🍻👍

First and watching 👀

you used the same 5 ingredients in a rub that my family uses and here's a 5 ingredient sauce for you as well....go heavy on the vinegar,ketchup or mustard depending on which base you like. The 5 ingredients are : apple cider vinegar,brown sugar,mustard,ketchup and worcestershire sauce. I like vinegar pepper sauce so I go 1.5 cups ACV,very small amount of ketchup( a squirt or 2), even smaller amount of mustard,3/4 cup of brown sugar,a few shakes of worcestershire sauce....red pepper flakes to taste

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

Жыл бұрын

Sounds delicious 🤘

@sylvesterwolfe33

Жыл бұрын

1. Always ACV 2. Pepper sauce is better boiled and cooled

How much salt goes in the mop sauce? You didn't say

I mean...if you read his book he gives the entire recipe right there haha.

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Sort of, there are still other ingredients missing. Sometimes I wonder if the world really k ows his mop sauce recipe 100%. 👍🏼

What about a little bit barbecue sauce on the sandwich? Also, how about just putting a little bit of mayo on the coleslaw?

Big difference between North and South Carolina in BBQ. It gets different again Eastern North Carolina ( vinegar base) vs west .

Where are you located?

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

I'm in Texas.👍🏼

If you use a mopping sauce then don’t season the meat!! Only use salt, then mop with the rest of the seasoning in the mop sauce

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

That's what one restaurant in South Carolina does. The rest do season their pork. I appreciate you watching 👍🏼

Now i want some meat, but not just any meat...

The thing I love about this cook is the mixture of the rib meat and the shoulder. The texture is the base, correct bite. From there, rub and sauce, makes it your own. KC, SC, TX, Memphis, vinegar or tomato, binder no binder, Dukes or Hellmans, mayo no mayo, hot or not, hickory or apple, etc. Find a "trusted" recipe and tweek if necessary. If I am trying something new, I always start with Joe first. 👍👍👍 Definitely givin' this one a try. Question, I don't recall you ever making bacon? Belly, back, or shoulder? TYFS Joe

Rodney heats his sauce.

❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍🍺

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks John. 👍🏼

Hey Joe I have a business idea that I want share with u pls comment back how can I get in contact with u. Tnks joe

@SmokinJoesPitBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Please send me an email. jamjamang@yahoo.com