What to put in the smoker this weekend?

[Great-Kazoo]

With a 5lb shoulder are you not wrapping at all during the cooking process?

Not at all, for this go round.

I use a Maverick 732 and still have become a fair-weather-smoker for just that reason. Getting up in the middle of the night to go outside and deal with all that is garbage.

You got up at 7:00am to smoke a butt at 225deg and were done in time for dinner? That's impressive. What weight was it? For dinner I generally have to start the night before and even then I've had some smokes run long.

Using a Camp Chef pellet. 5lb pork shoulder 1hr smoke. 5 - 6 hrs @ 225 pulled @ 180* and sat an hour or so. Should have wrapped it after removing from smoker. However, We had a great bark, nice and juicy / flavor. We're not big on a heavy smoke flavor, just something to accent , bring out the flavors of meats smoked. Still get a nice smoke ring going it this way. We're always open to ideas, suggestions. Worse that happens, it's shredded for chili OR jerky