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Butt Injection or no?

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Dawgtired
Dawgtired Posts: 632
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Hi everyone, I've always used Elder Ward rub on my butts and have never injected one. What do y'all do? If you do inject, do you have a recipe you could share? I'm getting ready to cook a couple of butts this afternoon so any help would be greatly appreciated.
thank you!

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  • jls9595
    jls9595 Posts: 1,533
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    I always inject mine but honestly i don't know if it makes alot of difference. I have done a few without injecting and my wife says she can tell. I probably just eat too fast :)
    In Manchester, TN
    Vol For Life!
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262
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    Injecting and brining have the same end result, at least according to my testing.  I brine because it's less messy, for me anyway.  I would agree the difference is marginal between injecting (or brining) and not.  The egg makes for some pretty moist butts - man that sounds wrong...




    Phoenix 
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,174
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    I inject sometimes. I use peach nectar. 
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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,231
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    Never injected
    New Albany, Ohio 

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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    I have never injected or brined anything. Not elder ward rub but similar. 

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Dawgtired
    Dawgtired Posts: 632
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    Ok I think I'll stick with the no injections. Thanks for the replies!

    If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

    Ronald Reagan

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 32,754
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    i inject sometimes, i inject with elderwards vinegar sauce, and i inject when its in the egg around 160 or higher. no mess and no need to let it sit before cooking. more closely resembles a whole hog cook to me
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,729
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    I always inject. Not for moistness but for flavor. I have never had people eat both and not pick the injected butt. 
    XL, Small, Mini & Mini Max Green Egg, Shirley Fab Trailer, 6 gal and 2.5 gal Cajun Fryers, BlueStar 60" Range, 48" Lonestar Grillz Santa Maria, Alto Shaam 1200s, Gozney Dome, Gateway 55g Drum
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,110
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    I'm amazed this post has remained "clean" this long...lol
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
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    Just don't use angry orchard...
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
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    Never injected but am willing to try.  @Thatgrimguy - what do you inject? 

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    I'm in the brine camp with brother @blasting.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • onedbguru
    onedbguru Posts: 1,647
    edited July 2016
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    Yes if you have it, not necessarily if you don't... although you do get better flavor.  When I do, I find recipes that generally have apple juice (fresh cider preferable) br sugar, salt as the starters. 
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  • Angela
    Angela Posts: 543
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    No injection or brining. I do leave the rub on overnight though. 
    Egging on two larges + 36" Blackstone griddle
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  • Dobie
    Dobie Posts: 3,361
    edited July 2016
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    I inject. 
    Jacksonville FL
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  • johnnyp
    johnnyp Posts: 3,932
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    I don't inject.  Never had a problem with moisture content.
    XL & MM BGE, 36" Blackstone - Newport News, VA
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  • Eggscuses
    Eggscuses Posts: 399
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    I haven't injected yet.  But am gonna next time.  Anybody inject with pickle juice?
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  • Hans61
    Hans61 Posts: 3,901
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    I went back and forth on injecting and ended up in the non camp. Didn't think it made a big enough difference to warrant the extra effort. Wouldn't mind trying a brine though.
    “There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
    Coach Finstock Teen Wolf
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    Try this at least once, rub and all on smaller butts (more bark).  It's amazing.

    http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/pulled-pork-recipe.html
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • BBQbutler
    BBQbutler Posts: 82
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    FWIW -- I never inject mine --- ( have always cooked them on my WSM for the past 14 years ) --- of course they always taste better the day after they are pulled.  
    LBGE , 22.5 & 18 WSM, 26.25 Kettle, Jennair Gasser, & a plethora of mobile Webers 
    Avid Cubs - Jaguars - Seminole fan. 
    Jacksonville, FL
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  • ColtsFan
    ColtsFan Posts: 6,340
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    I always inject mine. Here's a link to the recipe I use. It's from Chris Lilly
    http://virtualweberbullet.com/pork4.html
    ~ John - https://www.instagram.com/hoosier_egger
    XL BGE, LG BGE, KJ Jr, PK Original, Ardore Pizza Oven, King Disc 
    Bloomington, IN - Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoosiers!

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  • Hans61
    Hans61 Posts: 3,901
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    I think your answer is you should inject some, try a few recepies, then decide if it's worth it - most competition guys I've watched on YouTube say they inject for competition but don't when cooking at home...if you're at a competition leave it on the field and pull out all the stops - for at home cooking it's just your preference and what you have time to do. 
    “There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
    Coach Finstock Teen Wolf
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