There was a discussion on Ray Basso's forum about whether butts always lose 50%.
We have also had discussions about the effect of altitude on the CS.
Here are a couple comments from Debest 1 out in NM.
He also cooks on offsets.
Posted by Debest 1 on January 04, 2004 at 22:02:55:
In Reply to: Does pork butt always lose 50% of its weight after posted by bbqMon on January 04, 2004 at 20:58:50:
Last Thursday I cooked 118#s (2 cases) of Butts from Sam's..... I cooked them up to 200deg. in my Cookshack 206s!!! I put them on the scales after removing the bone and what little fat that was left, and the net usable pulled pork was 81#s. The meat was jucy, tender and had a good smoke ring and fair bark. I cooked 60#s Baby backs Wednesday, the Butts Thursday, 84# Prime Pork Ribs Friday. Had everthing sold before it went in to the pit!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am at 5285' elevation so I cook my butts at 215deg to bring them up to the 170deg plateau then kicked it up to 250deg to bring the Butts up to 200deg internal temp.
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