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Meat Shrinkage

Cheyco
Cheyco Posts: 29
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
Are there some rules of thumb for the amount different types of meats shrink during a low 'n slow? Most specifically; butts, chuck roast and brisket.

Thanks in advance.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Don't know 'cuz I never think to weigh 'em after the cook, but thanks for the chuckle. Best Seinfeld episode ever. :lol:

    shrinkage.jpg

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

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • mental1
    mental1 Posts: 60
    Just keep it out of the ice water.
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  • civil eggineer
    civil eggineer Posts: 1,547
    I recently finished cooking 100+ lbs of bone in pork butt. The actual yield was between 43% and 48% of usable meat so a little less then half of the raw, bone in weight. I pull any blobs of fat, etc. that I find while pulling the pork apart and throw it with the bone.

    I was in the pool!!!!
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  • Kokeman
    Kokeman Posts: 822
    I WAS IN THE POOL!!!!

    Actually I usually yield 55-60% of raw weight on butts. The rule of thumb is 2.4 servings of pulled pork for every raw pound of butt.
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