best sauce for butt?

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i am just finishing up a butt for the first time...any favorite sauce recipes out there??

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rick
 
Rick,

I like to use a really simple sauce on pork. I take a bottle of nice apple cider vinegar that we get over here. It comes down from Germany--very fragrant. I add a little sugar, a little salt, quite a bit of crushed red pepper and some freshly ground black pepper, some Spanish paprika (the best in my view--it's roasted with wood, has a nice smoky flavor). Then I pop a whole bay leaf in the bottle and let it float around in there. I never measure anything. This sauce is better once it's been sitting for a couple of days.
 
Hi Rick,
I've enjoyed the sauce Ken posted (First Pulled Pork, 8/26/01). It's not a heavy sauce and has a little bourbon in it, but the bourbon flavor is subtle and doesn't overpower the flavor of the meat. I liked it on pork as well as the brisket I made yesterday because it's not too sweet. Another caveat: it's quick and easy!
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Happy cookin'
Rita
 
Hi Squeaky,
Your sauce sounds great! I prefer vinegar-based over many others and I'll have to try it. I order good paprika from Penzy's and it's worth making a sauce that will show it off.

We got a big chuckle, thinking about your bullet riding piggy-back on the taxi in Madrid!

Rita
 
Hi everyone!

The bourbon sauce was originally part of a butt recipe. I have used it successfully with brisket as well.

Rita, I took your suggestion and put the sauce in the blender. I liked it like that.

I'm sure your pulled pork came out great, Rick.

Ken
 
Here is a vinegar/mustard sauce that is very good for those of you that like mustard.
2 cups cidar vinegar
1 cup mustard (plain)
1/2 cup brown suger
crushed red pepper to taste.
options: hot sauce to taste
 
thanks for all the ideas...the pork came out great thanks to this awesome website...went for almost 10 hours and my children actually think i might be able to "q" pretty well! plus i had my trial run with the costco remote thermometer and for the money you can't beat it...still plenty left at the san jose costco

rick
 
Does anyone have a Costco part number for that thermometer? I couldn't find it on their website and I checked the kitchen appliance area at our local Atlanta Costco and didn't see it. Maybe I can talk them into stocking it.

Thanks,
Rita
 
Rita
I have two of the NuTemps in the packaging, never opened. They cost me $32.50 you can have one or both if you are interested.
I had 4 all toghether, using only 2 of them.
Jim
 
Rita, or anyone else, don't pass up these thermometers that Jim has... Chris sent me two of them as there are no Costco's in my area... I use one to regulate the meat temps, and another I put in a potato to monitor the grill temps... Don't be afraid to get both if you can - you will wonder how you got by without them !!
Gary in AR
 
Thanks for the tip, Gary. I thought I'd just order a couple of extra probes since the meat on the 2 racks doesn't have to be monitored for most of the cooking and it'll be no problem to switch back and forth with the plugs.

I have another thermometer but I'm getting some really strange readings when I compare the rack and lid temps even though I checked for accuracy. So I'm really looking forward to the new one that everyone likes so much.
Rita
 
Oh Jeff, if you could see all my notes you wouldn't ask that question. I don't want to take up all the available space here. I hope to do the editing (and condensing) this weekend. I also have some questions. My two little 5-pounders look pretty feeble when I read about some of the mega-sessions you folks have accomplished! I'm in awe of you all!

Besides, it takes a lot of time to monitor what else is going on here on the site, don' cha know!

Thanks for checking in,
Rita
 
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