Had a random Friday off work today, so I started a butt late last night. Pulled it off the WSM this morning at round 8:30 and put in FTC until lunch. I had to run to the store, and I noticed a "priced for quick sale" pack of Flanken Style Short Ribs. What goes better with pork than beef? Nothing, that's what.
Actually, we had a salad too, but who needs pictures of all that green and red stuff?
The butt was a little bit of a Frankenstein experiment that worked out very well. Rub was a combination of my pork and beef rubs (I wanted a good cookie from the sugars in my pork rub but was in the mood for a little bit more savory than normal). The injection was a complete on the fly mix and match... Orange juice, brown sugar, Dr. Pepper, Worcestershire and Frank's Red Hot (I think that is everything). Turned out really good. It smelled like a bad hangover cure when I injected last night, so I was worried. No pronounced notes notes left after cooking though, just a nice flavor enhancer.
The ribs were smoked for about an hour (I still had plenty of heat left when I got back from the store) and then finished on the stove in a cast iron skillet. My oldest son, who is the#2 beef fanatic of the family (besides me of course) grabbed the 2 largest ones before I could even get a taste and then started humming and mumbling to himself about how good they were. I couldn't even be mad at him for taking them since he was enjoying them so much. I know we all revel in others enjoying our food more than we do eating it ourselves. The ribs were just a liberal coating of S/P/G/O and I used a little bit of what beef tallow I still have in the fridge in the cast iron. That tallow is definitely the gift that keeps on giving. I am down to about a cup left.
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