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Pork Butt Injection

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garrettc88
garrettc88 Posts: 8
Looking for a good injection to make for a pork butt tonight... looking for some ideas...

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  • ColtsFan
    ColtsFan Posts: 6,345
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    I have only tried Chris Lilly's and I loved it. Inject multiple places..wrap in plastic wrap first to help contain the injection.

    Pork injection
    3/4 cup apple juice
    1/2 cup water
    1/2 cup sugar
    1/4 cup salt
    2 tablespoons Worcestershire
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
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     I never inject my butts, but lots of people use the Butchers injection. It’s a commercial injection widely used in competition. Sorry no recipe. 
  • Kent8621
    Kent8621 Posts: 843
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    i use a couple different one but my favorite is

    6oz  - Ace hard pinapple cider

    1 tablespoon of honey

    4oz - apple cider vinager

    inject and wrap overnight.

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  • scdaf
    scdaf Posts: 176
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    Chris Lilly has another injection: 
    1/2 C peach juice (from a can of peaches to be used in serving sauce)
    1/4C sugar
    2 T salt
    1T Worcestershire sauce

    Peaches and pigs like one another VERY much.
  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 32,767
    edited March 2018
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    this is from elder wards recipe, i inject this when the butt is in the egg and the internal is 180 degrees. gives it more a whole hog cook type flavor.  i inject it in low and slow pulled turkey as well half way into the cook.  never been happy with injecting before the cook, for me the spices lose flavor during the long cook. i much prefer injecting once the butt passes the stall

    • 1 C white vinegar
    • 1 C cider vinegar
    • 1 Tbs. sugar (Hawaii style when you can)
    • 1 Tbs. cayenne pepper (fresh ones split 2 of em instead soak 2 days or more is best)
    • 1 Tbs. Tabasco sauce
    • 1 tsp. kosher salt
    • 1 tsp. cracked black pepper

    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it