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Question on pulled pork. (Turbo)
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Mickey
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I turbo, foil and butt box ( having always been told the last two are not needed). They always came out the same. Today did not foil ( just didn't want to mess with it) and when they hit 200 pulled off and pulled. Also note this was two 4lb'ers ( always have done single 7 lbs). Ok here is the question: today's pulled but very hard to pull, took lots more effort than ever before. Now it was very good pulled pork product when finished. I did use Butt Rub, mustard, and more ButtRub. Nothing added when pulling pork as was seasoned fine. Just couldn't believe how hard to pull and would not think not foiling or buttbox the problem. But I did not do them. Thoughts
Salado TX & 30A FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.
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Mickey, Guess I have to disagree - I think the foiling stage keeps the juices in the meat better than not to, thus making the butt more tender. RonRe-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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Did you let them rest a while before pulling? Mine usually end up in a cooler because I finish early, however I've done a couple that finished on time, just let them sit on the counter for 30 - 40 minutes and they pulled just fine. I take them to at least 205 - maybe they needed to cook a little longer? I feel like I'm giving advice to the Master.__________________________________________It's not a science, it's an art. And it's flawed.- Camp Hill, PA
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RRP said:Mickey, Guess I have to disagree - I think the foiling stage keeps the juices in the meat better than not to, thus making the butt more tender. Ron
Ron you could be right. It tasted just fine but a bear to pull.Salado TX & 30A FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers. -
@Mickey - I have never foiled but have found that a higher temp made mine easier to pull. The last couple have been pulled around 205-210 I have ended up with about a golf ball sized chunk that wouldn't pull on a couple. Let em rest for about an hr with a loose foil tent and it will usually pull like a low and slow. I cook at 325 straight thru-----------------------------------------analyze adapt overcome2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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Mattman3969 said:@Mickey - I have never foiled but have found that a higher temp made mine easier to pull. The last couple have been pulled around 205-210 I have ended up with about a golf ball sized chunk that wouldn't pull on a couple. Let em rest for about an hr with a loose foil tent and it will usually pull like a low and slow. I cook at 325 straight thru
My turbo is at 350Salado TX & 30A FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers. -
I did a 4 pounder the other day that I was in a rush to get done cooked first hour at about 275* dome then let it rip to about 400* dome for the rest of the cook . I've bumped plenty of butts up to the 400-425 region to finish but never for 3/4's of the cook. No foil, no cooler, very little rest (10 minutes) on counter. Wasn't "fall apart" pulling, but was still a very good finished product. Think it was my best bark ever, just not an easy pull.
Very similar experience Mickey, It was just something I was trying to see if I could get off of work and have pulled pork ready by 7 p.m. for football games and post-basketball practice nights this winter. I put the butt on at 3:10 and was serving by 7:20.
I raise my kids, cook and golf. When work gets in the way I'm pissed, I'm pissed off 48 weeks a year.Inbetween Iowa and Colorado, not close to anything remotely entertaining outside of football season. -
@Scottborasjr I feel this on had the best bark yet as well. Foiled always had good bark but this was better.Salado TX & 30A FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.
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.__________________________________________Dripping Springs, Texas.Just west of Austintatious
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Both times the finish was late, the pull was a bicep builder. I think the foil and rest makes all the difference on the pull. The taste has been the same - just what you note.Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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Today I started with an 8lb and end up with a 5lb and 3 lb after trimming the fat cap and slicing though a vein of connective tissue. The 3lb did not want to pull, so I chopped it up. the 5lb section came out like normal. Cooked at 250 - 275 with no foil. The 3lb piece seemed much leaner.
Cooking on an XL and Medium in Bethesda, MD.
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