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The salt for the brine does not leave a lot of salty flavor. It helps to maintain the moisture in the butt. I have been smoking for about 6 months and my pulled pork is actually my first taste of pulled pork, so I really do not have a lot of flavor experience to draw upon. The dark beer also...
Well, I restored the drippings, applied the finishing sauce and my final decision is that I like the brine method better and will continue that method. There is something in the brine that I really like. The flavor from the dark beer, vinegar, and brown sugar lingers on after the brine and...
Pork butt just finished at 195* in 9 hours. It has a nice smoke ring and is nicely moist. The difference from the brined is the flavor. More of the pork flavor comes through without the brine. The brine contains dark beer, dark brown sugar, pickling salt, apple cider vinegar, and ground pepper...
I am waiting for another 30 degrees and then will give my opinion. If the moisture, flavor, and smoke ring are equal to the brine, I won't bother brining anymore.
I bought my first smoker earlier in the year. Thus far I have done a 3 day brine on all my pork butt. Today I am smoking a 9lb butt without the brine. I am very interested in how much difference in moisture, bark and flavor between the two different methods. I have heard argument pro and con for...
One of my best efforts. As I get to know my smoker the process gets more enjoyable and the meat gets sweeter. Did a 3 day brine and used a vinegar based finishing sauce. It finished out moist, tender, great bark and a nice smoke ring.
I did an over night smoke on this porky. I decided to mix up the finishing sauce you recommended. YUMMM!!! It's great!!! It is now married to all my pork butts.
WOW!!! Great smoke ring. I'm with you on doing the rub, closing the smoker door and letting that "PORKY" reach desired temp. Always comes out moist with a great bark.