Rick Body
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I was going to get up and smoke a 5 lb butt yesterday, but due to circumstances within my control (late night poker playing) I did not get up in time
So I decided to try something different
Here is what I started with, we've all seen these before
I decided to quarter it up and try 4 different ways, also shortening the cook time.
My plan was to inject 2 of them. When I went to dig my injector out, it was cracked (glass) and not functioning. There's a few dollars down the drain. What to do, what to do..... I got this. I am a medic and had a saline syringe so I flushed it out and put the injector needle on it.
The first quarter I injected with this hot sauce (we do this with fried turkeys)
The second quarter I injected with Italian dressing. I do this with chicken and pork chops a lot, usually marinating them in it
The third quarter I rubbed with this first
The last one I didn't do anything out of the normal. All four quarters got my normal rub. I would have tried some different rubs but was short on time. Here they are going on the WSM
Even though they were only about 1.25 lbs each, they took longer to cook then what I thought. I cooked them around 230, whereas I usually do 275, so there was the difference. The piece with the bone in took 4 hours. I am using a thermoworks and a thermapen so I know temps were right. Anyway....
Sorry no finished pics but out of the 4, the one with the hot sauce had the best flavor and a little kick. Next was the one with the Italian dressing. It had really good flavor as well
The next two were about the same. You couldn't tell there was chipotle mayonnaise on it, which I expected, although this trick works on fried deer meat and fish.
So all in all I think it was a pretty good experiment. Next time I will try with a boneless butt and try different rubs as well as injections.
On a side not, I tried this on some pork sandwiches and it was very good
Thanks for looking
So I decided to try something different
Here is what I started with, we've all seen these before
I decided to quarter it up and try 4 different ways, also shortening the cook time.
My plan was to inject 2 of them. When I went to dig my injector out, it was cracked (glass) and not functioning. There's a few dollars down the drain. What to do, what to do..... I got this. I am a medic and had a saline syringe so I flushed it out and put the injector needle on it.
The first quarter I injected with this hot sauce (we do this with fried turkeys)
The second quarter I injected with Italian dressing. I do this with chicken and pork chops a lot, usually marinating them in it
The third quarter I rubbed with this first
The last one I didn't do anything out of the normal. All four quarters got my normal rub. I would have tried some different rubs but was short on time. Here they are going on the WSM
Even though they were only about 1.25 lbs each, they took longer to cook then what I thought. I cooked them around 230, whereas I usually do 275, so there was the difference. The piece with the bone in took 4 hours. I am using a thermoworks and a thermapen so I know temps were right. Anyway....
Sorry no finished pics but out of the 4, the one with the hot sauce had the best flavor and a little kick. Next was the one with the Italian dressing. It had really good flavor as well
The next two were about the same. You couldn't tell there was chipotle mayonnaise on it, which I expected, although this trick works on fried deer meat and fish.
So all in all I think it was a pretty good experiment. Next time I will try with a boneless butt and try different rubs as well as injections.
On a side not, I tried this on some pork sandwiches and it was very good
Thanks for looking
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