Thawing my butt

[Barry Fantle]

i have a frozen butt that i want to thaw and smoke. its about 7lbs. how long do you all think it will take to thaw?

thanks

 

[Russell Y]

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Russell

 

[John Mason]

In the fridge - 3 or 4 days. In a sink of water - 3 or 4 hours (well maybe a little more).

 

[JimT]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Barry Fantle:
i have a frozen butt that i want to thaw......
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Me too! But in my case, maybe I should just move to Florida.

Sorry, I just couldn't resist. It's cold here in Michigan.

JimT

 

[David Stanton]

I don't like to use the microwave to thaw stuff all the way, but I use it frequently to hasten thawing. My nuker has an auto-defrost cycle - enter the meat type and weight, and it is supposed to thaw it. It doesn't work that well, and tends to cook the meat around the edges, but if I cheat and enter a weight that's lower than the true weight, I can finish thawing in the fridge and save two days or more. A frozen butt might take four or five days to thaw in the fridge, but a partly-microwave-thawed butt might take only 1.5-2 days. Or you can partly-thaw it in the nuker, then finish it in the sink with a trickle of cold water from the tap.

 

[Craig Castille]

Some have cooked them frozen.