There, as well as in other parts of the country, it usually entails a big marbled hunk of pork shoulder, which is prepared using a combination of smoking and slow cooking over a low fire.

WSJ: Mom-and-Pop Pulled Pork

The most common causes of fires remained cigarettes and other smoking-related materials, followed by cooking.

BBC: Major rise in fire death numbers

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