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Cooking Pork Butt at Altitude

Vegas Eggus
Vegas Eggus Posts: 154
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New place is just in excess of a mile high.  I have done many with excellent results from sea level to about 2500 foot elevation.
First one here was not up to my standards.  Mainly drier.
A fluke or do I need to adjust for altitude?
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,703
    I haven't had that issue at all moving from 800' to 5300'

    It may take a little longer, but I never keep records of time or temp or size of protein to compare.
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,033
    edited April 21
    Time and temp, water boils off at slightly lower temp, but delta is so small would only worry about that if baking.  I chalk it up to a fluke or your new town had a different factory providing the pork and quality isn’t the same as your last location.  I’ve seen that with beef before.

    Don't tell your problems to people.  80% of people don't care and 20% are glad you have them.


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  • Vegas Eggus
    Vegas Eggus Posts: 154
    Thanks for the feedback.  I'll try another one soon with closer attention to my details.  Hopefully I will return to the standard I'm used too.
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