This is my debut into the arena of Boston Butt smoking. Constructive criticism is what I'm after, so sock it to me!
Woke up at 6:30 and was down at the grocery store to pick up two butts that came in with last nights shipment. Got them back to the house and trimmed off the excess fat.
I've heard two schools of thought on this. My buddy says to leave the fat on. A lot of blogs say to trim it off. I figured, as long as I'm injecting it moisture won't really be an issue. I left a little of it on, patted them dry, and then doped them up with Chris Lilly's injection recipe. It seemed like most of the injection would squirt back out, but I'm sure it's gonna help. Maybe I'll dope em up again right before I put them on.
I put them in the freezer for about an hour, and then into the fridge they went. I thought they might need a boost getting back below the danger zone seeing as how I was working them for about 30 min.
Anyone have any ideas towards what I could do with the fat I trimmed off. Maybe I'm just really hungry (Actually, I am really hungry), but it looks a lot like bacon.
I'll be sure to post pictures of my progress here. They're gonna sit in the fridge for 16 hours and then tomorrow at 4 am they'll go on. More to follow.
Woke up at 6:30 and was down at the grocery store to pick up two butts that came in with last nights shipment. Got them back to the house and trimmed off the excess fat.
I've heard two schools of thought on this. My buddy says to leave the fat on. A lot of blogs say to trim it off. I figured, as long as I'm injecting it moisture won't really be an issue. I left a little of it on, patted them dry, and then doped them up with Chris Lilly's injection recipe. It seemed like most of the injection would squirt back out, but I'm sure it's gonna help. Maybe I'll dope em up again right before I put them on.
I put them in the freezer for about an hour, and then into the fridge they went. I thought they might need a boost getting back below the danger zone seeing as how I was working them for about 30 min.
Anyone have any ideas towards what I could do with the fat I trimmed off. Maybe I'm just really hungry (Actually, I am really hungry), but it looks a lot like bacon.
I'll be sure to post pictures of my progress here. They're gonna sit in the fridge for 16 hours and then tomorrow at 4 am they'll go on. More to follow.