tell me about my butt...

[smoke freak]

Went to Wally World today to buy a butt for smokin (my first time eh). they had some nice lookin Tyson butts, bone in and of course with a minimum of 8% solution. Solution of what? So I went to my friendly neighborhood butcher and paid considerably more for a fresh one with no bone and no solution. This guy always charges me way too much for meat but it is always fresh and good quality.

My question is should I have bought the Tyson bone in or did I make the right choice? Who wants a boney butt anyway?

 

[gypsyseagod]

i buy the tyson butts & shoulders all the time- i just rinse them well before rubbing. they seem to work fine. plus,the nearest butcher is an hour away & the only 1 in 4 counties & he knows it. talk about overpriced crappy meats...

 

[homebrew & bbq]

I'm pretty much a rookie at this, but so far I have only smoked bone-in butts. (I like the idea of cheaper meat.) I have been satisfied with the results, but like I said, I'm pretty new to this. If you are planning on pulled pork, it really doesn't matter if there is a bone or not.

 

[smoke freak]

Yeah I thought the bone didnt matter much and sure I paid more $/lb but I got all meat and no bone. Hey , tomorrow Ill know for sure.

 

[gypsyseagod]

the smoked bone w/ a lil' meat makes for good beans or... the dog willl guard that pit vigilantly for all time.

 

[bigarm's smokin]

This is just my opinion, but I MUCH prefer a chunk of meat, bone in. The bone(marrow) gives a flavor like no other. In all honesty, I would rather have the "T bone" than the steak.

Terry

 

[blackhawk19]

When I saw this post I thought that was a woman asking about her butt at first and I ran and hid

I'm lucky that we have fresh butts, no additives on sale for .99cents a lb about every two weeks. I love butts

 

[walking dude]

i just posted my first butt.......thread..........

to me bone in to me is better......the bone added a lot of flavor


just my two cents werth.........

jmtcw


dude

 

[smoke freak]

$.99/lb?!!??

Damn did I get ripped!

 

[walking dude]

yeah.....here in Iowa and northern Mo. hy-vee is big......this butt i just did........6lber........... .99/lb on sale.......


dude

 

[ron50]

Wish I could find butts that cheap. Man I wish I could find them at all. I look in the market every time I'm there and I have seen 2 in the past 4 months. $1.49 a lb. Not too bad if they actually had one when I want one. I think they wait until I make a trip to the butcher and THEN they put them out. Fortunately the butcher had great quality but I'm paying $2.39/lb and that's bone in.

 

[walking dude]

i see you are from New York.........so you are ...........****.........remeber dude.......pc..........outta luck.................UNLESS you do have walmarts out there.........i know walmart doesn't like going into LARGE populated places..........more on the outskirts.............but if y0u can find a Sams Club.........its a food warehouse connected to walmart.........and CHEAP.......for the area.............see if you can find one of those


dude