Pork butt

Biggreenpharmacist

had two butts. Wife wanted to take one to work. I semi-turbo'd them about 300 degrees today. Left my thermopen at the camp so just cooked by feel. A little more done than I prefer but I had injected through the cryo last night so they stayed moist. Add a little joes KC bbq sauce and some of my homemade candied jalapenos and not a bad plate. 

SGH

Looks awesome buddy. Great job  

Biggreenpharmacist

Couple pics didnt post. Had helluva bark. 

SGH

Biggreenpharmacist said:

Had helluva bark. 

Looks like the bark on a Pine tree
For clarity, I mean that as a compliment. Looks awesome. 

RRP

Interesting bark - do anything special? Hard to believe but I'm egging my first butt tomorrow since I did 6 of them in 2 days back in September. I was a pullin fool! 

Biggreenpharmacist

SGH said:

Biggreenpharmacist said:

Had helluva bark. 

Looks like the bark on a Pine tree
For clarity, I mean that as a compliment. Looks awesome. 

It ought to. I used some rich pine for smoking wood. 

Biggreenpharmacist

RRP said:

Interesting bark - do anything special? Hard to believe but I'm egging my first butt tomorrow since I did 6 of them in 2 days back in September. I was a pullin fool! 

Only thing i did different was to inject through the cryovac last nite. This am I just rubbed down with meat church honey hog and meat church seasoning salt. Then i turbo'd at 300-315. Went a little far but it was pretty good. Ive done better. Ive done worse. 

bhedges1987

Nice choice on the sauce, though I prefer Arthur Bryant's sauce on pork. Great cook though. I might start injecting through the cryovac . Good call

danv23

Biggreenpharmacist said:

RRP said:

Interesting bark - do anything special? Hard to believe but I'm egging my first butt tomorrow since I did 6 of them in 2 days back in September. I was a pullin fool! 

Only thing i did different was to inject through the cryovac last nite. This am I just rubbed down with meat church honey hog and meat church seasoning salt. Then i turbo'd at 300-315. Went a little far but it was pretty good. Ive done better. Ive done worse. 

What did you inject it with?

RRP

Biggreenpharmacist said:

RRP said:

Interesting bark - do anything special? Hard to believe but I'm egging my first butt tomorrow since I did 6 of them in 2 days back in September. I was a pullin fool! 

Only thing i did different was to inject through the cryovac last nite. This am I just rubbed down with meat church honey hog and meat church seasoning salt. Then i turbo'd at 300-315. Went a little far but it was pretty good. Ive done better. Ive done worse. 

Not sure why injecting would have made a better bark unless it was high in sugar content and there was so much injected it oozed out. I trying a new rub tomorrow - new to me any way called Southern Soul Dust out of St. Simon Island, GA. Ever hear of it? 

Biggreenpharmacist

Mixture of apple cider, soy sauce, worcestershire, salt, and brown sugar. I simmered to dissolve the sugar and salt. Then let it cool. Worked great. Had I not injected, I would have screwed this one up cuz I went a little over but it was still juicy. 

Biggreenpharmacist

RRP said:

Biggreenpharmacist said:

RRP said:

Interesting bark - do anything special? Hard to believe but I'm egging my first butt tomorrow since I did 6 of them in 2 days back in September. I was a pullin fool! 

Only thing i did different was to inject through the cryovac last nite. This am I just rubbed down with meat church honey hog and meat church seasoning salt. Then i turbo'd at 300-315. Went a little far but it was pretty good. Ive done better. Ive done worse. 

Not sure why injecting would have made a better bark unless it was high in sugar content and there was so much injected it oozed out. I trying a new rub tomorrow - new to me any way called Southern Soul Dust out of St. Simon Island, GA. Ever hear of it? 

My bad, i didnt mean to insinuate the injection helped the bark. That was just the only thing I did different than my usual process. The rub was meat church honey hog and has a lotta sugar. Im sure that had lots to do with the bark. 

bhedges1987

RRP said:

Interesting bark - do anything special? Hard to believe but I'm egging my first butt tomorrow since I did 6 of them in 2 days back in September. I was a pullin fool! 

I feel my honey hog butts always turn out a bark very similar to his. 

RRP

bhedges1987 said:

RRP said:

Interesting bark - do anything special? Hard to believe but I'm egging my first butt tomorrow since I did 6 of them in 2 days back in September. I was a pullin fool! 

I feel my honey hog butts always turn out a bark very similar to his. 

Then it sounds like a boo coo of sugar in a rub will produce that bark. Being a type 2 diabetic then I will revert to my other rubs. Thanks for your second opinion.

JohnnyTarheel

Butts and bark look great....  I have been using John Henry Carolina Butt rub lately...  Like both the bark and flavor...

johnkitchens

Those look great Shane!

fishindoc

Time for me to get a couple butts again:)...looks great

Biggreenpharmacist

bhedges1987 said:

RRP said:

Interesting bark - do anything special? Hard to believe but I'm egging my first butt tomorrow since I did 6 of them in 2 days back in September. I was a pullin fool! 

I feel my honey hog butts always turn out a bark very similar to his. 

Yeah, they were good but I prefer and little thinner and lighter bark. Probably going back to yard bird next go round. Seems to work the best for me. 

I had left my thermopen at the camp and was winging it anyway. I intended (originally) to pull one and wrap it (kinda riff on an APL recipe) but had no way to know when to pull it so I just changed plans in the middle of the cook and turbo'd it. 

Like I said, they were good but I'll do something different next time. And I ordered a spare thermopen yesterday. Screw that, I'm gonna keep one both places from now on. 

bhedges1987

RRP said:

bhedges1987 said:

RRP said:

Interesting bark - do anything special? Hard to believe but I'm egging my first butt tomorrow since I did 6 of them in 2 days back in September. I was a pullin fool! 

I feel my honey hog butts always turn out a bark very similar to his. 

Then it sounds like a boo coo of sugar in a rub will produce that bark. Being a type 2 diabetic then I will revert to my other rubs. Thanks for your second opinion.

It is. It's loaded with sugar. If I accidentally let the temp get up it burns very easy. Not a big fan of honey hog. 

Biggreenpharmacist

Honey hog is really good on slow cooked pork loins and pigshots, too.