JeffB
TVWBB Pro
Follow up to my last post:
I pulled my 4 butts at 190 degrees and held them for an hour and a half in a cooler. Foil/towels.
When I pulled them, the bones came out clean and fairly easily (the meat was soft and a probe went in easily, but not falling apart soft), but pulling apart the meat took some effort--more effort that I recall from my last cook. These were about 7 lbs each. I "pulled" the meat apart with a large knife and a fork, cutting the meat into small pieces as I went.
So my question is -- how much effort should it take to pull apart a properly cooked butt? If it cannot be done with a large fork and requires some cutting with a knife, are they undercooked even with a clean bone?
Thoughts?
Thanks for looking.
I pulled my 4 butts at 190 degrees and held them for an hour and a half in a cooler. Foil/towels.
When I pulled them, the bones came out clean and fairly easily (the meat was soft and a probe went in easily, but not falling apart soft), but pulling apart the meat took some effort--more effort that I recall from my last cook. These were about 7 lbs each. I "pulled" the meat apart with a large knife and a fork, cutting the meat into small pieces as I went.
So my question is -- how much effort should it take to pull apart a properly cooked butt? If it cannot be done with a large fork and requires some cutting with a knife, are they undercooked even with a clean bone?
Thoughts?
Thanks for looking.