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salad

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Pork pastor on a Weber
« on: March 11, 2014, 09:48:35 AM »
For awhile now I've been thinking about trying to make pork pastor.  In the taqueria's, they have a vertical rotisserie they use to stack cuts of meat topped with an onion or pineapple.  It's called a Trompo. I started to do some hunting to see if such a device existed for outdoor grilling.  My search led me to this:

http://www.seriouseats.com/2013/05/food-lab-tacos-al-pastor.html

Pretty cool idea that I want to try soon.  For ease, I'll probably just use boneless shoulder.  I already have to gourmet sear grate but if you don't have it, you could always just mod an old standard grate (which I might try to do anyway).  By modding an old grate you could  reduce the size of the hole to get the coals closer to the "trompo".  Anyway, I found this interesting. 

« Last Edit: March 11, 2014, 10:05:12 AM by salad »
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Duke

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Re: Pork pastor on a Weber
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2014, 10:41:44 AM »
I do Al Pastor every now and then, but I buy it at Mi Pueblo and just grill it up in a paella pan on the. They do a better job than I could in preparing it. Then serve it with cabbage and salsa wrapped in corn tortillas. If you have a Mi Pueblo near you give it a try.

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Re: Pork pastor on a Weber
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2014, 10:50:35 AM »
I love Al Pastor! That looks like it would be fun to cook.

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1buckie

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Re: Pork pastor on a Weber
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2014, 10:58:56 AM »

That's a really good article with a bunch of well-thought out info !!!

 Suppose this could be set up on a roti also?

Made me think of this:


 Check out this guy's setups at Smoke Ring ~~~>

http://www.thesmokering.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=62145&highlight=unique+grill

 He also does terrific discada &, flat top cooking........

Astounding cook & does unbelieveable stuff on skewers........
"If you want it fancy there is BBQ spray paint at home depot for that. "
    Covered, damper-controlled cooking.....IF YOU PLEASE !!!
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salad

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Re: Pork pastor on a Weber
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2014, 04:07:34 PM »
^ Holy roti overload!  That's amazing.  My friend has a homemade backyard roti that can do 8 chickens at a time and I thought that was cool.  This guy is a roti nut! 
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1buckie

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Re: Pork pastor on a Weber
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2014, 04:36:48 PM »

 Guy's definitely one of my heroes.....

Philly cheesesteak on the disc:

http://www.thesmokering.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65260



 And......here's a skewer thread !!!!!!

http://www.thesmokering.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=630705&highlight=#630705

^^^^ For me, this could be a whole other lifetime of cooking, equal to Weberitis...... 8)

"If you want it fancy there is BBQ spray paint at home depot for that. "
    Covered, damper-controlled cooking.....IF YOU PLEASE !!!
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edhead35

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Re: Pork pastor on a Weber
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2014, 10:07:37 AM »
I make it at home pretty often, although I usually cook it crispy in a cast iron pan on the stove, or on the grill in the cast iron.