Thanks to Mike (not Don) for the Photos.

This is the mysterious Butt Gland that we've talked about in some other threads.





this pile of junk is from one single buttt! about 8 ounces



this is heaven for the stray cats out back. from one case of butt.




ahhhhh......... the final result... ten hours of sitting around in apple, hickory, and mesquite( and just a handful of charcoal for that nice added flavor). rubbed with brown sugar, pepper, garlic, and mccormics q-rub.

Any idea what temp it was taken to? Also, was it a Smokette? Looks great. thx

Good job Smokin...I never realized that there might be that much junk associated with the 'gland'

Yuk!!! You mean I've been eating that!!!!!
I'll be sure to ask the butcher next time.

thanks for the pics......that butt looks good!!! he he he he

Yup folks, you been eating it. Something left out of Pork Butt 101, didn't have any good photos, but now I do.

Next butt I know everyone will be carving them up looking for them.

I can't let the wife see this!!! We'd never again smoke a butt!!! Finished product looks fantastic. I'm hungry!

My wife was like that, she saw it over my shoulder as I posted it, and I told her not to worry, I always take it out.

Her comment, "does everyone know to take it out?"

Of course, I said everyone knows....now

Actually, I have never seen that in my area. I guess they get taken out before we get them.

That's because you live around Philly. We people from there know better than to eat weird things from butt you have paid for!

Being from Philly I can attest to the fact we wouldn't eat stuff like that....... unless you ground it up and stuck it in scrapple with the snouts, ears and other "prime" pig parts...LOL!!

I like scrapple!! and corn meal mush, some buttered bread with apple butter on it. I bring some home (frozen) every time I am in Florida. Of course the grocery checkers always ask" What's that?" It's better not to explain. I tell them it's a Board game involving words.

We just had some pan fried Rapa scrapple this past week with eggs over easy and home fries... yummy. You just can't read the label!!

Okay, so speaking of pork butt.

You probably do have it in your pork butts, it's not normally removed. It's just not in every one of them.

I am going to think positively and say they have all been removed from any pork I ate. I get the hint to start a new topic if I want to talk about smoking scrapple