I have lots of experience smoking chicken, fish, turkey, etc., but little with pork With poultry and fish I have my process down pat, and it comes out wonderful every time. Been doing it for 25 years. For a lot of reasons, I did not eat pork for over 20 years, so I didn't smoke it. I have been splitting pigs with a buddy that come from a 4H family and having fun learning to cook pork again. I tried smoking a shoulder roast and clearly did something wrong as it was dry and unpleasant. I have shoulder roasts and country style spareribs to work with. Can someone give me their (hopefully foolproof) process in detail? Experienced cook in lots of things (nixtamalizing my own blue corn so I can make tortillas and pupusas tonight, for example), just not in this.
If it matters, I am using a Weber smoky mountain smoker (which is huge). I usually start the fire with wood and charcoal and toss a mixture of fruit wood (mostly apple) and hickory on for smoke. Temp control is sometimes a bit iffy, but I average 225 degrees.