Short Sweet and to the Pork! (lol... I'm punny)

[jirodriguez]

Our local cash and carry started to carry bone in pork butt in a two pack cryovac so I thought I would give it a try. Picked up a 17 lb. bag and the results are this:

Butt #1: Rub was 1C brown sugar, 3 Tbs. of very spicy Jerk rub, and 2 Tbs. of kosher salt.

Summary: This is a definate keeper! The bark was sweet and spicy, the meat was very juicy. Super tastey!

Butt #2: Rub was 1C brown sugar, 4 Tbs. Old Bay Seasoning, 2 Tbs. fresh black pepper.

Summary: Very juicy but not as much flavor as the other rub. Still very tastey and would be any chain BBQ joint hands down.

 

[scarbelly]

Those look great Johnny - awesome color and great bark too

 

[DanMcG]

Looks great and the old bay sounded interesting,  I'd eat it!

Thanks for sharing the Q-view

 

[mballi3011]

I really like the butts both of them and that old bay rub sounds alittle familiar to me.

 

[rdknb]

Looks very good, I add old bay to my basic rub, I like the taste

 

[raptor700]

They both look good Johnny

The bark is awesome!! 

 

[venture]

Johnny, you hit those outta da park!

Pics ain't bad either?

Good luck and good smoking.

 

[harleysmoker]

Man looks great, I like Old Bay taste and smell. Usually I just put it in my crab boil along with a bag of  Zatarains boil.

Think I will try a little bit added to my rub.

 

[jrod62]

Looks great Thumbs Up

 

[SmokinAl]

Looks awesome Johnny! Your making me hungry!

 

[sunman76]

thats some nice looking Q

 

[bbqdisc]

 

[bmudd14474]

Awesome Job. Thumbs Up

 

[sprky]

. And here I thought old bay was only for seafood

 

[smokinhusker]

Looks like you nailed them! Never thought of Old Bay...sounds interesting. 

 

[jirodriguez]

Thanks everybody!

I found adding Old Bay to a rub really is a nice way to get some additional flavor into it, I use it in place of cellary salt/seed since it has some cellary salt in it. It did OK by itself in the rub, but it didn't stand out after the butt was cooked. I also like using Old Bay on chops and just pan frying them with a little EVOO - that is very tastey!

The winner was definately the Jerk seasoning butt. I could have just eaten all the bark and been happy... lol.

 

[africanmeat]

find it late but still looks good

 

[smokin - k]

Hell's to the YES! I'll have to give your Rub #1 a shot... Looks awesome and thanks for Sharing! Happy Smoking, Smokin - K

 

[big sexy]

Both look good to me.  Nice work!

 

[chef jimmyj]

Good lookin' Pork. I love Old Bay, wife hates it!...It don't get much use around here...JJ