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Would you make pork burnt ends from a chunk of butt in progress?
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SmokeyPitt
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I have a couple of butts on the egg now. I was thinking of pulling off a couple of chunks, cubing them up, and making some pork burnt ends. I am considering using the money muscles for this.
Do you think this would be detrimental to the butts? Obviously I will loose some bark in those areas. Do you think the missing money muscle meat would be noticeable in the final pulled pork? I think with the entire butt pulled and mixed together you wouldn't really notice.
Thanks in advance for your input.
Do you think this would be detrimental to the butts? Obviously I will loose some bark in those areas. Do you think the missing money muscle meat would be noticeable in the final pulled pork? I think with the entire butt pulled and mixed together you wouldn't really notice.
Thanks in advance for your input.
Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg.
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I say try it, take pics and tell us if it worked.
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Thanks @Legume! I will do just that.Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg.
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How big of a chunk?
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Full disclosure @SmokeyPitt, I've never made burnt ends, it just looked like you needed a quick shove off the cliff.
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I waited a little too long to try this. The plan was to pull a chunk off at 180. Well, the butt was 180 in the deepest part, but the chunk I pulled off was mostly too done to cut. I ended up with some chunks and some "coarse pull". I cubed up what I could, added some more rub, and put it back on in a pan. We shall see.
@Henapple- I clicked "like". We need a button for "I cannot lie".Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. -
Don't give him a like for that, he got that off the internet
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I'd think you'd want to cut your cube section off more around the 150-160° mark. That's typically about slicing temp for me but I have never attempted this goal. Good luck man.I raise my kids, cook and golf. When work gets in the way I'm pissed, I'm pissed off 48 weeks a year.Inbetween Iowa and Colorado, not close to anything remotely entertaining outside of football season.
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Here come some pics in random order. They were really good but next time I will cube them earlier.
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That's it. I'm going to smoke an entire butt for pork burnt ends, those look really good.They/Them
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One more $ shot. This is actually before I cubed them, but I think it is a nice cross section shot.
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Nice.
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...and if you like pork and grits and all dat pimp ****...
Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. -
@SmokeyPitt- Great eggsperiment and quite a finish with the grits. Most eggcellent cook.Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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Thanks @lousubcap! I used leftover burnt ends in the grits this morning. My wife made some cheese grits for breakfast and I decided I wanted some protein and spotted the leftover pork in the fridge. A little vinegar bbq sauce + hot sauce and these really hit the spot.Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg.
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That was a great looking cook ... right up until the grits were introduced.
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Lol...just to be clear the pork was served strait up originally. The grits were a lefover experiment.
I like doing weird things with my pork.Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. -
@SmokeyPitt- ^^^^^ TWSS
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My wife wouldn't try the pork n grits. She doesn't like it when I do weird things with my pork.
Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. -
It's the little things like this that make you my favorite Uncle!! This is one of your better ones!! My wife even saw the humor in this.henapple said:How big of a chunk?Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.
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