Money Muscle

Misippi Egger

Do any of you experienced butt cookers have a picture in your files showing on a butt what part is considered the "money muscle"?
I know it's somewhere around the bone, but not sure exactly which piece people mean.

Thanks !!

Big'un

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Hoss

So there! :P Good Luck My friend!!!

Misippi Egger

Awesome, Todd. Thanks!

The 'Horn' is what I was told was the 'Money muscle', but it's on the opposite end. Great to know!

The 'tubes' are really tender, but lacking somewhat in flavor as they have little to no bark on them.

Misippi Egger

Thanks. Packing , making lists, remembering things, etc., etc.

Getting nervous. Weather keeps changing - rain, no rain, rain, wind. Geeze!

We've got our cooking down, so we are just going to HAVE FUN !
If we get a 'call' then that will be icing on the cake!

Hoss

BLOW IT OUT & HAVE FUN!!!Best of LUCK!Wish I was Judgin!

Misippi Egger

Thanks! :woohoo:

I haven't mentioned it to Jana yet, but I am seriously considering competing in Ashland, if it's not too late to register. You'll get a chance to possibly judge one of our entries, though it will be impossible to know which is ours.

G'night - HUGE day tomorrow - neurosurgeon's nurse told me Friday that they have 10-12 hrs of surgery scheduled for Monday - that will be me passing the gas. I will be worthless after a day that long ! :ohmy:

Buster Dog BBQ

The money muscle is at the opposite end of the bone. It looks about the size of a pork tenderloin in width. If you look at your butt from the side you will see a small circular muscle and right behind that will be two muscles. From the front it will have a couple tiger striped lines of fat.

When you prep it you want to cut back the fat cap behind it and cut away any fat deposits on it. When you go to slice you can cut through those two muscles behind it and then slice the chunks.

Your final product may look similar to a fatty in size. As far as your bark question. You can get bark on three sides of it. It is illegal or separate pork so you can't get all 4 sides unless you very carefully butterfly and hope you can keep it together.

The horn you mentioned rest against the bone and looks like a triangular piece with a thin grey membrane on it.

Buster Dog BBQ

Typically there is a muscle to the right of what they call the money muscle that is not in this photo.

Misippi Egger

thanks, Buster Dog.