Holding the money muscle after the cook

clintmiller

I'm doing a couple pork butts on the Egg tonight for a work lunch tomorrow (for pulled pork). I've smoked many pork butts on the Egg, but have only just recently begun to experiment with removing the money muscle. My plan is to partially separate the money muscle before cooking so that more of it is exposed and it can pickup more rub and bark. Then I want to fully separate it and remove it at 180 degrees. (It's a work lunch, not a competition. So I don't mind cheating. :-) ) The rest of the pork would then stay on the smoker until it probes tender (195-205... whenever it's done).

I want to build in a few hours of buffer time. So the pork butts will likely be FTC'ed for a few hours at the end of the cook. I'm pretty used to FTC'ing things like butts and briskets for even 6 or 7 hours without any issues.

My question is about holding the money muscle after the cook. It will likely finish at least an hour or two (maybe more) earlier than the rest of the cook. Is it safe to FTC the money muscle for 4 or 5 hours? It's a smaller piece of meat pulled from the Egg at a lower temperature. So I'm not sure if it will hold at a safe temperature for that long.

If not, should I put it in the oven on the lowest setting to hold it?

DoubleEgger

Money muscle? Lol. Should have saved that one for tomorrow. 

lousubcap

For a Friday eve there is some fertile ground right here.  No help with your question.  Sorry...  

henapple

Money muscle.... Maybe. My last post. Lmao. Don't worry about the bark... It's all good 

Skiddymarker

Throw a couple of hot bricks into the cooler before the FTC's money muscle. It is too small to hold for more than an hour or two, even triple wrapped. 
I often remove before a cook and use it for ground pork in a Chinese dumpling filler, has great flavour. Never thought about cooking by itself or removing early to avoid overlooking it.  

northGAcock

DoubleEgger said:

Money muscle? Lol. Should have saved that one for tomorrow. 

Money mussel = Pork Collar I believe.

clintmiller

Probably should have chosen my subject line more wisely. 

nolaegghead

Is that where money shots come from?