I am supposed to receive my smokette on Thursday. I have two ten pound shoulders waiting to be smoked. Will the smokette be able to handle this? I figured I might as well go all out my first time using it!
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Mornin',hoodsie.
Read butts 101 and look at the areas about shoulders.
You will want to remove some of the heavy skin on the picnic part,if it has not been done.
Throw them in there,be patient while it works through the plateaus,and as Smokin' says " its done when its done".
Read butts 101 and look at the areas about shoulders.
You will want to remove some of the heavy skin on the picnic part,if it has not been done.
Throw them in there,be patient while it works through the plateaus,and as Smokin' says " its done when its done".
Make sure you "season" it per the directions.
You can find a link to Pork Butt 101 off my Guide Page (see the link at the top of this page).
Are you sure it's a Shoulder? It's pretty difficult to find them outside of the Carolina's (I can't even get a butcher here to understand).
Traditional Carolina people will leave the skin on, so to see if there is a difference, do one like Tom suggest and one with the skin on and see what you think.
If you're planning on having a party (you ARE aren't you with that much meat) give yourself lots of time, it will take a while for those big guys to be done.
Good luck and let us know how it goes.
Smokin'
You can find a link to Pork Butt 101 off my Guide Page (see the link at the top of this page).
Are you sure it's a Shoulder? It's pretty difficult to find them outside of the Carolina's (I can't even get a butcher here to understand).
Traditional Carolina people will leave the skin on, so to see if there is a difference, do one like Tom suggest and one with the skin on and see what you think.
If you're planning on having a party (you ARE aren't you with that much meat) give yourself lots of time, it will take a while for those big guys to be done.
Good luck and let us know how it goes.
Smokin'
Sorry SDmokin'. Wrong term. They are two giant Boston Butts. I usually like them between 6 and 7 lbs., but my friend is a butcher and they were given to me for free. On my firebox smoker a butt this size took about twenty hours! Let you know how they come out!
Thought so.
Good Luck, I think you'll find the product comes out great. The ONLY comment I hear about Butts in CS is the bark not being as "barky" as an offset.
I think you're good on time (might even be faster).
Looking forward to the report.
Good Luck, I think you'll find the product comes out great. The ONLY comment I hear about Butts in CS is the bark not being as "barky" as an offset.
I think you're good on time (might even be faster).
Looking forward to the report.
I don't suppose any of you could suggest places where I mind find pork butts in New England. I've looked and looked, and I can't find them anywhere...although picnic cut pork shoulders are available everywhere! I've even been looking for "country style ribs" as a possible indication that they have butts out back, but I haven't seen those either. I've tried my one local butcher, the grocery store chains, and Walmart without success. Any other ideas?
There is a couple of butchers in Nashua, NH. If you don't have luck there, I buy mine at the Alpine Butcher in Chelmsford, MA. Thats not to far from you. Hope that helps.
SteveD: It's kind of ironic that they're hard to find in New England, since here they're known as "Boston Butts". Maybe they mean Boston, KY rather than Boston Mass.
Please forgive the tangent for those of you outside this area, but I actually work in Nashua, and I'm wondering what butchers you're talking about. Mike's is long gone, if that's one of the ones you're thinking of, and I don't know of any others. If you do, I'd like to hear about it. And you're right about Chelmsford not being too far away. Where is this butcher shop in Chelmsford (if I'm coming down Rt. 3)? Thanks.
It is only about five minutes off Rte 3. I think it is the Rte 4 exit. If you know the area, it is the Drum Hill exit. Call the butcher they will give you good directions.