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Hawkeye's post about a large butt makes me wonder...
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I have smoked/turbo a couple of 10 1/2lb butts. These are too big for this method. I now will cut them in half if over 8lbs-----------------------------------------analyze adapt overcome2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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Mattman3969 said:I have smoked/turbo a couple of 10 1/2lb butts. These are too big for this method. I now will cut them in half if over 8lbs
In half? You have a butcher's saw to cut through the bone, or are you just carefully de-boning it in a sense so the smaller half is pure meat and the other half has the bone in it? Don't the two pieces cook a helluva lot different or do you egg them separately?Re-gasketing America one yard at a time. -
10 is the largest I've ever cooked. Not even sure if I've seen larger poundage around these parts. I personally think 7-9 pounds with the bone in is the sweet spot...
Ball Ground, GA
ATL Sports Homer
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It could be a small whole shoulder but that doesn't change the cook.
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Maybe there are two butts wrapped in there... That's common.
Ball Ground, GA
ATL Sports Homer
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RRP said:Mattman3969 said:I have smoked/turbo a couple of 10 1/2lb butts. These are too big for this method. I now will cut them in half if over 8lbs
In half? You have a butcher's saw to cut through the bone, or are you just carefully de-boning it in a sense so the smaller half is pure meat and the other half has the bone in it? Don't the two pieces cook a helluva lot different or do you egg them separately?
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RRP said:In his post he asked about egging a 13 pounder. I swear the largest butt I have ever even seen was a 9 pounder. So my question is how large are most butts? What I always see and buy are 6 to 8 pounders. Are huge butts better? Also aren't they just from older fatter hogs?
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Ball Ground, GA
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SGH said:RRP said:In his post he asked about egging a 13 pounder. I swear the largest butt I have ever even seen was a 9 pounder. So my question is how large are most butts? What I always see and buy are 6 to 8 pounders. Are huge butts better? Also aren't they just from older fatter hogs?
Steve
Caledon, ON
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SGH said:RRP said:In his post he asked about egging a 13 pounder. I swear the largest butt I have ever even seen was a 9 pounder. So my question is how large are most butts? What I always see and buy are 6 to 8 pounders. Are huge butts better? Also aren't they just from older fatter hogs?
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@Little Steven
As I said brother there are exceptions to every rule. But in general when speaking of store bought butts the smaller ones are usually superior in my opinion. Again that is my findings and im sure others have different thoughts on this as we all have different tastes. As I said above there is no doubt that some large butts are of outstanding quality but are not usually found at the local grocery. Most competition guys do indeed cook very large ones but I know of know one who buys them from Walmart or the chain grocery stores. As I stated above they are more often than not purchased from an individual farm or specialty breeder. Please don't think that im arguing your point as I am not. Just pointing out my own personal findings and thoughts on this my friend. In my area any thing over 10 pounds out of the local chain stores is usually very lacking in quality. Again other areas may be different.
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SGH said:
@Little Steven
As I said brother there are exceptions to every rule. But in general when speaking of store bought butts the smaller ones are usually superior in my opinion. Again that is my findings and im sure others have different thoughts on this as we all have different tastes. As I said above there is no doubt that some large butts are of outstanding quality but are not usually found at the local grocery. Most competition guys do indeed cook very large ones but I know of know one who buys them from Walmart or the chain grocery stores. As I stated above they are more often than not purchased from an individual farm or specialty breeder. Please don't think that im arguing your point as I am not. Just pointing out my own personal findings and thoughts on this my friend. In my area any thing over 10 pounds out of the local chain stores is usually very lacking in quality. Again other areas may be different.
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Biggest for me was early on in my Egg cooking. Did 3 ten pound butts at 225 for 29 hours. They were fantastic. Have since gone to turbo with 7 or 8 pounders that turn out just fine.__________________________________________It's not a science, it's an art. And it's flawed.- Camp Hill, PA
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Little Steven said:
Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.
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The largest Butt I ever did was 13 lbs. 200 degrees indirect for 18 hours. They have been awesome.
Bud
Large BGE
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I did 2 13lb butts for one og the first LowNSlows i did....not bad but definitely different then a 9lbBeaufort, SC
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