Giant Supermarket has some butts at 1.69 a pound so I know what Im doing this weekend! Picked up two today each about 7.5#. Im hoping this doesnt ruin anything but I'm marinading them in some A&W root beer for a day, and depending whether i cook them tomorrow night or Saturday, I may get a solid 24hr of rub on them too. I tried doing some research about marinading in soda but couldnt find anything relative to butts. I got the idea cause my old buddy used to swear by the crock pot pulled pork using root beer, so now that ive upgraded to real BBQ I figure Ill see what happens getting some solid marinating time. I see many people inject sodas in their butts so I cant see sitting in some root beer hurting anything.
Anyway, Im also gonna try injecting these butts cause I dont want to foil. Whats the best injection recipes for moisture? I was gonna throw the soda in there but was thinking maybe a simple juice, water, and spices injection might be the best route. Also, Im going for a super bark (why Im going no foil), and was wondering how mopping/spraying the butt effects bark. Ideally Id like to inject it, rub it, throw it on and not open the lid till 200F but am worried about it drying out. It is fatty so I know its kinda hard to actually dry it out but if spraying with some soda or juice can help bark with its sugar content while helping it stay moist I'll spray that sucka. Thing is Im still new to all this and dont have the experience on mopping.
All thoughts/suggestions are welcome, looks like I need to stop typing everything i think and just give you guys cliff notes!
Here they are sitting in their beer bath
Anyway, Im also gonna try injecting these butts cause I dont want to foil. Whats the best injection recipes for moisture? I was gonna throw the soda in there but was thinking maybe a simple juice, water, and spices injection might be the best route. Also, Im going for a super bark (why Im going no foil), and was wondering how mopping/spraying the butt effects bark. Ideally Id like to inject it, rub it, throw it on and not open the lid till 200F but am worried about it drying out. It is fatty so I know its kinda hard to actually dry it out but if spraying with some soda or juice can help bark with its sugar content while helping it stay moist I'll spray that sucka. Thing is Im still new to all this and dont have the experience on mopping.
All thoughts/suggestions are welcome, looks like I need to stop typing everything i think and just give you guys cliff notes!
Here they are sitting in their beer bath