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Pork Butt Question

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edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
I just bought my first Pork Butt for pulled pork and noticed when I got home it is A) Boneless and B) Wrapped with string to hold it together. Is this going to be a problem> Should I keep the string on the butt or remove it while cooking?[p]Thanks in advance.
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  • Car Wash Mike
    Car Wash Mike Posts: 11,244
    LunaNole,
    Do not take the string off, it is there for a reason. Cook like a normal pork butt. Butt "pun intendend" it should take a little less time.
    Now when the butt is done and you pull the strings off, you should have a fall apart piece of meat.[p]Mike
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  • thirdeye
    thirdeye Posts: 7,428
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    <p />LunaNole,[p]CWM is right about a "reason" for the string sleeve. Is it the elastic type or just the net type?[p]The elastic ones really sink into the bark, and even though your result is pulled pork, I just don't like them. I wind up taking them off, adding rub to all the nooks and crannies, then retying with just enough good kitchen twine to hold it together. The picture above is a lamb shoulder I boned, but you get the idea. So, it will do the job it is supposed to and there is no reason, other than personal preference, to remove it....[p]I'm guessing that the boneless butt is a 4 or 5 pounder. If so, once one that size has some good color and smoke I foil them and finish cooking. This will insure that it is moist. I usually foil about 170° then I continue to cook until the internal is 195° or higher if it needs it. [p]~thirdeye~

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  • Unknown
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    thirdeye,[p]Thanks for the help and props to your kitchen string tying prowess. That lamb looks great and I'd wager it tasted even better.
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    LunaNole,[p]I should have asked this same question earlier this week. I DIDN'T tie my boneless (5.6lb) butt before putting it on and ended up with four quarter butts that were each done all 'round and probably drier than it should have been. Tying it back up would have solved that.[p]That said, I agree that if it's the elastic "netting" like mine came in, cut that off, rub the butt and then do a nifty tying job like thirdeye suggests in his post.
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