You’re favorite pork butt injection

[motolife313-2]

What do you guys got? I got a smallish 7 pound butt I’m doing with many other meats on thanksgiving. I think I did concentrated orange juice once in the past

 

[thirdeye]

My favorite homemade pork injection is a mixture of 60% smoked pork bone broth (made using smoked pork neck bones), and 40% Coca-Cola (you can use apple juice or apple/white grape juice instead of Coke).

A simple pork injection is slightly salty apple or apple/white grape juice. 1 gram of salt per ounce of juice is a starting point for shorter cooks like a loin roast. 2 grams of salt per ounce of juice is better suited for long cooks, like a pork butt.

With either injection, I try to inject 1 ounce of liquid per pound of meat a few hours before smoking.

 

[boykjo]

Salted water

 

[okie sawbones]

Pork Injection

2 quarts apple juice
2 cups white vinegar
2 pounds sugar
½ pound brown sugar
1 cup salt
¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
½ cup Accent (MSG)
28 grams phosphates

Bring to a low boil, then stir until sugars and salt are dissolved. Let cool. Will keep in the refrigerator for months.

Makes enough for 4 pork butts.

 

[mneeley490]

Oddly enough, grape jelly. Can't remember who here turned me onto it, but it turns to liquid in the microwave. Then I mix some rub into it and inject. It gives the pork a sweet-ish taste, but doesn't taste like grape. Kind of like the mustard coating; it serves its purpose, but doesn't overpower the meat.

I also sometimes replace apple juice in injections with apple sauce. The sauce stays inside, rather than just running out.

 

[thirdeye]

28 grams phosphates

Makes enough for 4 pork butts.

So, you have 5 pints of liquid, plus all of the seasonings mixed in. Since meat weight will vary from butt to butt, would you explain how you arrived at 28 grams of phosphates? Trial and error, or are you hoping to get a 10% of the meat weight injected into each butt?

I use a product called AmesPhos aka PhosThis! which recommends a range of 4.5g to 9g per pint. I shoot for 5g per pint, and usually mix a little more and inject as much as the meat will hold.

 

[okie sawbones]

So, you have 5 pints of liquid, plus all of the seasonings mixed in. Since meat weight will vary from butt to butt, would you explain how you arrived at 28 grams of phosphates? Trial and error, or are you hoping to get a 10% of the meat weight injected into each butt?

I use a product called AmesPhos aka PhosThis! which recommends a range of 4.5g to 9g per pint. I shoot for 5g per pint, and usually mix a little more and inject as much as the meat will hold.

5 pints, 5.6 gms per pint, about the same as you're using. I always try to get an 8 lb. butt to stay consistent.

 

[ifitsdeadsmokeit]

I use half stick butter melted, 1 can chicken broth, 1/2 tsp white pepper, 2 Tbsp rub ground in spice grinder, 1 Tbsp lemon juice
Enough for cpl butts. Use the. Spice grinder so the rub doesnt clog the injector.

 

[912smoker]

I'm lazy and use Kosmos Q pork injection, Blues Hog
Or Myron Mixon peach.

Keith

 

[motolife313-2]

I use half stick butter melted, 1 can chicken broth, 1/2 tsp white pepper, 2 Tbsp rub ground in spice grinder, 1 Tbsp lemon juice
Enough for cpl butts. Use the. Spice grinder so the rub doesnt clog the injector.

Sounds really good thanks for sharing

 

[okie sawbones]

I'm lazy and use Kosmos Q pork injection, Blues Hog
Or Myron Mixon peach.

Keith

Nothing wrong with Kosmos - good products.

 

[motolife313-2]

Just looked up the kosmos product. That stuff ain’t cheap

 

[thirdeye]

Oops, double post