Smoked my first pork shoulder

Celebrating alajones4 graduating high school all weekend. Had a family and friends gathering at the Jones homestead today. The highlight was this pork shoulder.

So I brined it all night with salt and molasses. I thought it would take about 8 hrs to cook. About 4 am ( should've been earlier)I woke up and had the smoker going by 4:30.



I gave the pork shoulder a good rubbing with about 50% leftover Cajun seasoning and 50% brown sugar.



Got it going about 4:45, hoping for a 1 o'clock eating time. Then had a cup of coffee.



A short 11 hours later, it was done. A full 3 hours longer than I thought.



Placed it into a pre-warmed crock pot and pulled it apart. It was delicious.



The shoulder shared a smoker with a pork belly slab. It was also delicious and got done much earlier so we snacked on it for a while.



Great success. Should've started the night before if I wanted it done sooner. I know I could've put it in the oven but our control board went out a month ago and $600 later the appliance repair guy still hasn't figured it out.

Anyway, great day overall and great food.

ETA: its an old Brinkman electric. Nothing fancy. I used chips, should've used chunks because the chips burnt up to quickly.