My neighbors are having a baby shower on Saturday for about 50 people and asked me to make pulled pork. Not sure exactly why, but I said I would (probably because he bakes great bread that SWMBO likes and he begged). Figured he needed about 12-15 pounds of product (they're serving other meats and also wanted some leftovers) and decided I needed a few pounds to replenish my supply so I went out and bought four butts totaling 39 pounds ($1.82/lb including tax). I knew that much at once would take 6-8 weeks in the Bradley so decided to smoke outside and then move indoors to the oven and crockpots.
Sunday - injected with CT and whacked 'em with Jan's Rub.
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Back to the fridge to rest up for a couple of days and try to guess if the OBS will hold all that meat.
Today (Tuesday) - added some more rub and ran them in the OBS (it all fit - barely) for five hours of maple and (mostly) cherry (They were on the front of the bisquette shelf).
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The two larger butts (about 11 pounds each) went into the 225o oven on a rack over a drip pan for an overnight stay while the other two (8-9 pounds each) bedded down in slow cookers on LO.
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To be continued...
Nice start
great start
Looking good
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Very nice
Its showering butts :o
Man, that is a load!
I like big butts and I cannot lie. Aw c'mon guys, someone had to say it. ;D
I say IMHO, 99.9% of people put their butts in the shower ;D
KyNola-- Baby got BACK!!! ;D
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That's it I give up. The Turtle lives in the middle of a flippen Ocean and even he can buy Boston Butts cheaper than I can. Hell I live right smack dab in the middle of Hog country. Looked at them yesterday $2.48 a pound. This aint right at all
Sorry, Chris. Life is not always fair (but it's always life).
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on June 06, 2012, 09:09:17 AM
That's it I give up. The Turtle lives in the middle of a flippen Ocean and even he can buy Boston Butts cheaper than I can. Hell I live right smack dab in the middle of Hog country. Looked at them yesterday $2.48 a pound. This aint right at all
Holy crap where you buying you butts? I got mine at the local grocery store for only $1.58 just yesterday. I was actually pissed about that price, they were $1.48 the day before and I didn't pick them up then. I live just outside of Des Moines. They were $1.69 at Sam's last weekend too.
Quote from: Kahunas on June 06, 2012, 10:40:02 AM
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on June 06, 2012, 09:09:17 AM
That's it I give up. The Turtle lives in the middle of a flippen Ocean and even he can buy Boston Butts cheaper than I can. Hell I live right smack dab in the middle of Hog country. Looked at them yesterday $2.48 a pound. This aint right at all
Holy crap where you buying you butts? I got mine at the local grocery store for only $1.58 just yesterday. I was actually pissed about that price, they were $1.48 the day before and I didn't pick them up then. I live just outside of Des Moines. They were $1.69 at Sam's last weekend too.
That was at Hy-Vee in Dubuque. They still sitting there if you want them
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on June 06, 2012, 09:09:17 AM
That's it I give up. The Turtle lives in the middle of a flippen Ocean and even he can buy Boston Butts cheaper than I can. Hell I live right smack dab in the middle of Hog country. Looked at them yesterday $2.48 a pound. This aint right at all
I hear ya Chris
Paid $2.59/lb for the one in my post at No-Frills over in Omaha on my way home from work last night.
Just ain't fair at all
Don
Looks like the neighborhood will be getting some good eats, and yep, the Turtle got a great price too.
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on June 06, 2012, 11:02:47 AM
Quote from: Kahunas on June 06, 2012, 10:40:02 AM
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on June 06, 2012, 09:09:17 AM
That's it I give up. The Turtle lives in the middle of a flippen Ocean and even he can buy Boston Butts cheaper than I can. Hell I live right smack dab in the middle of Hog country. Looked at them yesterday $2.48 a pound. This aint right at all
Holy crap where you buying you butts? I got mine at the local grocery store for only $1.58 just yesterday. I was actually pissed about that price, they were $1.48 the day before and I didn't pick them up then. I live just outside of Des Moines. They were $1.69 at Sam's last weekend too.
That was at Hy-Vee in Dubuque. They still sitting there if you want them
Oh no, you can have them at that price. I will stick with my store.
That a lot of butt. You got a good price, but I'm still trying to figure out why you had to pay tax on fresh meat? :)
Quote from: Habanero Smoker on June 06, 2012, 01:20:17 PM
That a lot of butt. You got a good price, but I'm still trying to figure out why you had to pay tax on fresh meat? :)
We have to here as well. 1%. If it is cooked - 8%. >:(
Quote from: squirtthecat on June 06, 2012, 01:22:20 PM
Quote from: Habanero Smoker on June 06, 2012, 01:20:17 PM
That a lot of butt. You got a good price, but I'm still trying to figure out why you had to pay tax on fresh meat? :)
We have to here as well. 1%. If it is cooked - 8%. >:(
I guess I will have to stop complaining about most of the taxes in NY. No tax on fresh meat, and taxed on certain cooked and processed food that are considered groceries.
Ka Honu,
I forgot to mention, that is a huge task you are undertaking.
We're baaaack! Nine hours in the crockpots for the smaller ones and they were falling apart. No photos because they actually did fall apart when I was testing them and I didn't see the point of taking a picture at that juncture. I poured off and defatted the drippings (4 cups fat, 4 cups "juice") and added some apple juice to moisten the oven butts in FTC and mix in when pulling.
The two in the oven took a bit longer and were ready for FTC after 12 hours. Both falling apart done at the same time - how 'bout that?
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Had another few cups each of fat and drippings in the pan. After FTC, I mixed, pulled and packaged (after a taste or two for quality control - great stuff).
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For the record, the net weight of product was 25.5 pounds plus a quart of "extra" drippings to use for soups, sauces or other stuff later. Came out to (with all the ancillary expenses) well under $4 a pound with a 65% yield (I expected a lower yield - must have been that "Supreme Trim" they advertised on the package).
We pay taxes on most everything here. I bought this in the military commissary (5% surcharge instead of 5% state tax) but would still have gotten it for under $2 if I'd gone to Costco.
My work here is done. Better go clean up the mess in the kitchen before SWMBO gets home and sees it and and slaps me into the next county (which is 35 miles away across a pretty rough channel between the islands).
Looks real good . There is going to be some good fun at that shower.
Nice job!! Yah ever play pin da tale on da Poke butt bradda ;D
Looks great...they sure will appreciate your hard work!
That is some great looking Poke!
Awesome looking butts!
Poke anyone? Sweet!!
very nice.
Well done thought out, well prepared, well smoked - KH.
The 7 Ps are always applicable.
Now it's time for a little turtle snorkeling on a shallow reef, after which several cheap beers should be enjoyed.
Good luck and slow smoking,
Pachanga
PS How was that bread? or was she just working you?
great job, looks tasty
Quote from: Ka Honu on June 06, 2012, 03:10:04 PM
My work here is done. Better go clean up the mess in the kitchen before SWMBO gets home and sees it and and slaps me into the next county (which is 35 miles away across a pretty rough channel between the islands).
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Must be a little woman Ka Honu. Mine always threatens to slap me so hard. I will wake up in the middle of next week!
Mighty fine looking pile O meat. Happiness is a table full of burnt dead bodies (stolen phrase from my vegetarian friend) perfectly smoked pig parts.
yummmmmmm