Pork butt wrapped in bacon

[dannylang]

Anyone here ever smoked a butt wrapped in bacon, or even smoked wrapped in bacon fixed up as pork candy.

 

[krj]

Never wrapped pork butt in bacon, and don't see the point as you're not gonna have any sort of bark for the butt. Also, depending on your times/temps your bacon would likely be crispy dust by the time you're done. Give it a shot though, experimenting is the best part of this crazy little obsession.

I have in the past done pork loin wrapped in bacon, which I found can really help with the moisture of the loin. Loin doesn't have as much fat in it as butt, so it can dry out a little easier. Bacon helps.

 

[oldsmokerdude]

Never tried it before. Seems like the butts already have plenty of fat in them to keep the meat moist. That said, if you give it a try, let us know how it turns out!

 

[noboundaries]

A better approach might be to wrap CSRs (country spare ribs, aka, a pork butt sliced into rib-like pieces).

 

[Bearcarver]

Never did it.
I like to wrap small things in Bacon, but if I want a Butt & Bacon, I'll smoke the Butt, and I'll do the Bacon separate, and put them together when consuming. That way I can make Perfect Bacon, and the Butt can get plenty of Bark, instead of the Pale meat that would be under the Bacon if you wrapped it with Bacon.

Just My 2 Piasters,

Bear

 

[dannylang]

thanks fellows, just thinking outside the box. tring to get something new. maybe smoke pork candy and bacon while i am smoking a butt. then get the best of both worlds. like bear carver said, THANKS AGAIN FELLOWS.
dannylang