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Need Help Please Pork Butts Coming Out My Ears


 
Rich Dahl

Rich Dahl

R.I.P. 7/21/2024
Help I need some ideas from my fellow forum friends.
My local Fry’s (Kroger) ordered 50 fresh full pork butts instead of 50 they received over 200 which is way more then they could handle. So they marked them down to $.99 a pound, needles to say they were flying out the door. I picked up 4 in the 8-9 pound range.
I’ve smoked a couple of butts before for pulled pork on my mini and they came out great, but I don’t need 32-35 pounds of pulled pork for the two of us.
So the question is what else can I do with these butts beside pulled pork.

As always thanks for any and all ideas you may have


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Our local store, Schnucks, has them for 99 cents per lb this week, I picked up 2.

If you have a grinder, make sausage, since the lean to fat ratio is great.

Bone them out, cut into strips for country style ribs.

Cure for buckboard bacon.
 
DO NOT use this for smoking. Look at the small print. These "moist and tender " pork products at Krogers are 10%-15% saline solution. Because of this, you get a bad after-taste from the saline "enhancement" after smoking. Also, if you have a 5 lb roast, at least 1/2 pound of that weight is saline solution.

I would suggest using that roast in a slow-cooker with a bunch of veggies. Then.. go to Costco or your grocer of choice and buy a NATURAL pork butt or pork shoulder roast. I just picked up a 18 lb double cryo-pack from Cash & Carry for $1.79/lb.
 
uh oh. ive smoked about a half dozen of these M&T's from Kroger... and they turned out super nice and tender and juicy for pulling. another uh oh... last weekend I also used several large ones to cut up and grind and mix with my sons venison for homemade sausage (55/45 ratio hog/deer).

is this sausage something i need to worry about yall? also howd yall know that enchanced meats do/don't make good bbq or sausage?

thanks for any help or info.

don't lift the lid...
 
The label on the butt says up to 3% water and salt solution not 10-15% and the last two butts I did were identical to these and came out great when smoked.
 
Bob Correll said:
Our local store, Schnucks, has them for 99 cents per lb this week, I picked up 2.

If you have a grinder, make sausage, since the lean to fat ratio is great.

Bone them out, cut into strips for country style ribs.

Cure for buckboard bacon.
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Bob I like the idea of buckboard bacon and found the post you did on doing it, but now I'm wondering if the being enhanced at up to 3% will be a problem.
 
Cool. And in you're OP you where looking for alternatives to smoked pulled pork.. so staying on topic there are a lot of options out there. :wsm:

Tim
 
Ron A said:
DO NOT use this for smoking. Look at the small print. These "moist and tender " pork products at Krogers are 10%-15% saline solution. Because of this, you get a bad after-taste from the saline "enhancement" after smoking. Also, if you have a 5 lb roast, at least 1/2 pound of that weight is saline solution.

I would suggest using that roast in a slow-cooker with a bunch of veggies. Then.. go to Costco or your grocer of choice and buy a NATURAL pork butt or pork shoulder roast. I just picked up a 18 lb double cryo-pack from Cash & Carry for $1.79/lb.
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I've smoked a lot of Kroger pork butts and they have all turned out great. I've made pulled pork burritos ,and pot roast on the wsm. Tacos might be pretty good too. It is nice to break free of the same old pp sandwiches all the time. Good luck and have fun with whatever you do.
 
I have had whole bone in Boston Butts cut up for pork steaks. You have the advantage of getting the thickness that you prefer. I like thin ones for the grill (direct) and thicker for St. Louis Pork Steaks (seared then braised in beer, etc.). It's a pretty versatile cut of meat, IMO.

FWIW
Dale53
 
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