Here we go! Side-by-Side Comparison: Bark Vs Salt Dry Brine

[daveomak]

It's out of the stall!
I'll have to go look for ol Uncle Doug's recipe.

That would be WAY COOL !!!!!! :2thumbs:

 

[grillmonkey]

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• grillmonkey
• Oct 12, 2014

OK, the verdict is in. I sampled each type; plain, plain with sauce, barked,and barked with sauce. Each type was sampled on a plain hamburger bun. They each had their own appeal, but it was easy to conclude which one was best......whichever one I was eating at the time.

The sauced pork was better to me, but my wife preferred it without. I foiled the dry-brined butt at 165 degrees, but I let the barked butt go all the way without foil.The barked butt was firmer than the brined butt, but the brined butt was much moister as you would expect. Did I eat too much? Yes I did! My stomach is so tight you could break a beer bottle on it.

 

[grillmonkey]

Strange looking smoker. I don't have a alternator on any of my smokers:ROTF .
Happy smoken.
David

That's my old Ford 8N tractor.

 

[grillmonkey]

Son just declared the barked butt with sauce the winner!

 

[grillmonkey]

Wife declared brined butt/no sauce the winner!

 

[grillmonkey]

I'm going to try them all again tomorrow. I just can't decide.

 

[5oclocksomewher]

Awesome job. Can't think of a better way to help decide things. Gotta go with rubbed and sauced myself. Really nice job. :yahoo::sausage:

 

[jarjarchef]

Sounds like you need more for your panel.

 

[grillmonkey]

Come on!

 

[b-one]

Send samples I will help with the judging! I prefer bark and just some sauce on top personally.

 

[grillmonkey]

Send samples I will help with the judging! I prefer bark and just some sauce on top personally.

That was my son's preference, and the one I'm leaning toward. I'll try again today!