Anyone recognize this way to cook a butt?

[stump]

I've smoked a bunch of butts over the years. I usually try to find something that the wife and kids will enjoy and last year I made one using molasses and cutting it first. Everyone loved it and I can not for the life of me remember what I did with the recipe. Mine came out just about identical to the one in the thread. Does it look familiar to anyone? I think it was just pouring molasses on it the night before and covering with my rub recipe that I still have but I'm not sure. Let me know if anyone can find the thread.

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• stump
• Apr 13, 2016

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• stump
• Apr 13, 2016

This is the one I made last year and I've been searching for the last hour!

 

[dward51]

I've seen threads in other forums about molasses slathered pork butts.  They did not cut them, but it was basically an apple juice & apple cider vinegar injection, then slather with molasses and then hit it with rub of your choice.  Smoke like normal.

I've slathered butts with mustard and then rubbed before, so I presume molasses serves the same purpose but might enhance the flavor as well.