The annual cookout was pretty good. Lots of good friends and too much beer, at least I didn't play poker afterwards.

I put the pork shoulders in the smoker around 2 am, but they didn't get to 195 by 4:00 pm. Next time, I will put one piece on top and one on bottom, I will also start earlier, 11:00 pm. They were cooked, but only to about 170, which meant that they didn't pull. Smoked pork is like crack. Once you do one to perfections, everyone thereafter is not as good. You spend the rest of your smoking time trying to recapture "that one shoulder". I can remember mine, it was the labor-day shoulder that we made and took to the Gledhill's. Anyway, I will try again.

The fatties were awesome. Good smokey flavor. I think I should stuff them more next time.

Cards are treating me bad, that's all I'll say or else I may puke