pork loin
root beer
whiskey (thanks to tincup for this)
liquid smoke
salt, pepper, paprika, cayenne pepper
onion
chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
bbq sauce
pickles
coleslaw
buns

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i actually did some prep work at home for this recipe, the night before i combined a twenty ounce bottle of root beer, a shot or two of whiskey, some liquid smoke and the salt, pepper, paprika, cayenne pepper mix in a container with the pork. i let that sit in the fridge overnight and threw it in the cooler when it was time to head out.

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at the campsite i started by chopping the onion, half went in the dutch oven, half was saved for the finished product. along with the onion; twenty more ounces of root beer, a few more shots of whiskey, the pork and the chipotle peppers in adobo sauce went into the dutch oven.

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admittedly this was supposed to be pulled pork, it did not turn into anything resembling that in the least bit. i thought by buying thinner cuts of meat i could pull off a meal that usually needs ten hours to cook in one or two.

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with the charcoal going i placed the dutch oven directly on the coals and put a few briquettes on top for some extra heat. now i've never cooked with charcoal, ever, i just put the cast iron oven on and walked away for twenty minutes. i'm not quite sure what i was thinking, but upon lifting the cover i saw that the liquid was boiling. after a few minutes of self loathing, cursing, and murmuring to myself, "jeremy you're an idiot of course fire is hot, you just ruined dinner for everyone.", i decided to just pull the oven out.

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i cut a slice of the meat, pulled pork; definitely not, still good; yup.

taking the meat, onions and peppers out of the dutch oven we all just began cutting away. what i ended up with was closer to chopped pork, which i'm not even sure is a real thing.

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but nonetheless, we piled our sandwiches high with the pork, onions, pickles, coleslaw and bbq sauce.

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lessons learned: slow and low forever. trying to rush a recipe never ends well, thankful that i decided to check on it after twenty minutes rather than the full hour. whiskey braised rubber sandwiches would not have been a hit.