Vac pack Pork shoulder from Costco

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DougCA

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Apr 14, 2018
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Hi everyone,

I picked up a pork shoulder in the vac pac a couple of weeks back when it was on sale. It's about time to open and cook. I got the smallest I could find. 12lbs.! Is it going to be one or two? Anyone know?

I have a bag of Lumberjack cayenne pepper pellets I plan to use to smoke it and make carnitas or something. I never used that flavor before so figure I'd give it a try on the pork shoulder.
 
I’m guessing one. Let us know about how the pellets turn out for, I’m very curious about the flavor. Make sure to take lots of pictures too.
Can you get a picture of the bag of pellets too? I don’t see that listed on their website.
 
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Send a pic and we can tell you for sure.
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Yep, 2 boneless butts there. I do like that you can get more seasoning into boneless butts and they seem to cook faster.
 
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What Jake said. I was pretty sure by the weight that it was a 2 pack. It's pretty rare I find a single butt weighing much over #8.
 
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What Jake said. I was pretty sure by the weight that it was a 2 pack. It's pretty rare I find a single butt weighing much over #8.
I see 10+ around here often on bone in. But a 12lb is definitely unusual. I prefer in the 8-9lb range.
 
I wonder if I should vac seal one and freeze for later or cook them both then vac seal portion sizes and freeze.
 
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