Brined Butt

Fredb · July 2018

This turned out to be one of the best we have ever had, you may want to try it. Brine: 4 cups cider vinegar ( yes vinegar ),4 cups water, 1/2 cup kosher salt, 4 bay leaves, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup molasses, 1/2 tsp. mustard seed, 6 whole cloves, 1/4 tsp. allspice, 1/4 tsp pepper flakes and 2 Tbs of your favorite rub. Simmer for 10 minutes and cool completely. Brined 8.5 butt for 24 hours, rinse well and air dry in fridge for 12 to 24 hours. Apply your rub and there you go. Standard cook ( indirect ) around 275 degrees with dutch oven baked beans done under the roast. Pulled after 9 hrs and wrapped in butcher paper for 1 hr. Don't think I will do a butt any other way, at least for a while.

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DWFII · July 2018

I did one several weeks ago with Alton Brown's brine. Best tasting butt ever.

RalphieBoy · July 2018

I normally buy 2-4 butts and brine with 2 Butts in a 5 gallon bucket for 5-6 days in the fridge. I stir them around at night.

JohnInCarolina · July 2018

Interesting. Was it the flavor you noticed a real difference in, or how easy it was to pull?

1voyager · July 2018

Looks mighty fine.

Bone-in or boneless?

How long did you cook the baked beans?

gonepostal · July 2018

I'm gonna try brining one of these things soon...
Nice cook!

EggbertGreenII · July 2018

This really looks good Fred, I saved your brine recipe and am going to try it the next time I do pulled pork. What do you think is the over-all effect of the brining?

Fredb · July 2018

Thanks to everyone who took a look. It was bone in, the flavor was...enhanced... but not vinegary,very moist and pulled perfectly.

GoldenQ · July 2018

Do you think injecting with the brine a few hours before cook would work. I was thinking of injecting with cider vinegar on next butt but this sound good also.

unoriginalusername · July 2018

after wet brining my last shoulder I landed on dry brining as our go to method for simplicity and flavour... essentially just salt and leave uncovered in the fridge for 24 hours and you've got a winner

Fredb · July 2018

Hello GoldenQ,
The vinegar brine is diluted with equal parts of water and seasoned with the rest of the ingredients. I don't know about a direct injection of just vinegar.
Best of luck and let us know how it comes out!

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