Hatch chili pork butt

[AndyK]

Costco was selling these about a month or so ago.
I’m not a big fan of others marinading meat for me but I am a fan of hatch chilies so I gave it a try.

It wasn’t bad. It wasn’t bad at all and was a nice change from the run of the mill pork butt.
That said, I kinda like making my own marinades, I like bone in and the price was higher than I’m used to.
Not quite as good the norm but I’m not hating it.
I rubbed in some SPG and Meat Churches Honey Hog.
You could definitely taste the hatch peppers.

I ran this on my wsm18 with a defuser plate.
Cranked it up a bit at the stall then pushed through with no wrap.
I’m a fan of the no wrap. I just started doing it to pork a few months ago and am digging the crunchy bark.
It took 8hrs 40 min for the cook.
5hrs @ 275 then finished @ 325.

Served with tots and kimchi.
Vanilla bean ice cream was the desert treat.

 

[Bob Bailey]

Costco was selling these about a month or so ago.
I’m not a big fan of others marinading meat for me but I am a fan of hatch chilies so I gave it a try.

It wasn’t bad. It wasn’t bad at all and was a nice change from the run of the mill pork butt.
That said, I kinda like making my own marinades, I like bone in and the price was higher than I’m used to.
Not quite as good the norm but I’m not hating it.
I rubbed in some SPG and Meat Churches Honey Hog.
You could definitely taste the hatch peppers.

I ran this on my wsm18 with a defuser plate.
Cranked it up a bit at the stall then pushed through with no wrap.
I’m a fan of the no wrap. I just started doing it to pork a few months ago and am digging the crunchy bark.
It took 8hrs 40 min for the cook.
5hrs @ 275 then finished @ 325.

Served with tots and kimchi.
Vanilla bean ice cream was the desert treat.

Looks good Andy.

Not a big fan of packaged marinated meats either.

Sam's Club has a house brand (Members Mark) Hatch Chili seasoning that I've used on ribs, chicken and poppers. Haven't tried it on a butt yet but definitely will. Everyone that's had foods I used it on loves it and I now keep a couple extra jars in the pantry. I bet dry brining a butt with it would make for a fantastic end product.

 

[Wilmer Cogburn]

I saw those at Costco recently. Read the label and passed.

 

[Erik Tracy]

Nice looking bark

I don't think I've ever smoked a marinated cut before.

I'm a freak for Hatch green chiles - that would have gone really good on a soft tortilla, fresh pico, some cheese and guac.

Thanks for trying this and sharing the results!

 

[AndyK]

The next time the hatch chili peppers are in season I’m thinking I’ll make some sauce with that and jar it up.
Yeah, that would taste great with Erik’s idea .

 

[JimK]

Looking good, Andy.

 

[timothy]

Looks good butt marinades only penetrate 1/4" or so. Fine for thin things like steak, chops or chicken.
Too much mass for a marinade to work on a butt IMO.
Was it injected or brined at all, could you taste it all the way or just on the bark?