Pork Butt Failure!

berrygood

After several successes in this arena, and as much as I hate to admit it, I overcooked a butt over the weekend. No doubt about, good taste, but bone-ass dry. Problem is, I don't know what I did wrong, as I prepared and cooked it in virtually the same manner as the others. Bear with me, por favor.

The basics: light coating of mustard, covered with rub, cooked at 250 dome, 225 grate until the internal was 200 degrees. Pulled off, wrapped in foil/towel, placed in cooler for 2 hour rest.

The differences: (1) it was a Costco BONELESS butt, (2) I let it rest for two hours instead of one, (3) I froze/thawed it prior to cooking.

Everything else was the same, so what happened? Bad luck or bad egger?

Thanks in advance.

Little Steven

berrygood,

Was it a shoulder roast? Probably over trimmed if it was.

Steve

Fidel

Well, I see no problem with the method (assuming indirect), the finish temp, the rest period, or the freeze/thaw....so my guess is you just had a bum hunk of meat.

Pepper Monkey BBQ

I've used they same boneless costco cut of meat and have had similar results. Personally I don't think it is the freeze/thaw. Of course, fresh is best ... but I freeze mine more often than not simply because I'll take advantage of a good deal even if I'm not in need of a butt! Started getting only bone in due to the dryness of the boneless. The experts can tell me if there is any logic in this .. but since I've sworn to only use bone in butts ... my success in the moisture arena has been much higher.

Joel

berrygood

Thanks for the reply Joel. FWIW, I think it was the meat, too. Too bad, too, as I buy most of my meat from Costco.

Bonehead BBQ

I have had great success with two 7 lb boneless costco butts, more room for rub in my opinion, I didn't freeze them though...I did notice that they do trim off most of the fat side, but mine wasn't negatively affected...

jball

Try whipping up some finishing sauce and give it a good dousing.

wade chamberlain

I've done a couple boneless (also costco) and they were dry too.