Sweet and Spicy Pork Bites

Pork shoulder with fat cap cut off, de-boned, and cut into cubes.

Marinated overnight in Spicy Dr Pepper marinade

Piled up on smoker grate with extra marinade poured over top

Into the small smoker with a mixture of apple and hickory wood, with apple juice in the water pan

Removed from the smoker 

Spread out on wire racks in foil covered pans for another hour in a 250° oven.

Reserved sauce and extra brown sugar added before trip into oven

Plenty to share!

Ready to sample! All the sugar has caramelized but there is still plenty of heat!