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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Charcoal Smokers => Topic started by: sliding_billy on August 09, 2015, 05:16:28 PM

Title: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: sliding_billy on August 09, 2015, 05:16:28 PM
Too damn hot to do any serious cooking, but WinCo had butts on sale for $0.88/lb. Found a nice 7.6 lb one and let it roll all day yesterday in the mini (that thing is a hot weather small cook savior). I don't normally wrap mid cook, but I was playing with a new rub that was a bit less sweet than I normally use on pork. To counter the rub, I wrapped at 6 hours (165 degrees) with some dark amber maple syrup. Pulled at 8 hours. Between the syrup and the liquid from the pork, there was a nice thin sauce in the foil to add to the pulled pork.

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Title: Re: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: HighOnSmoke on August 09, 2015, 06:05:17 PM
Awesome pulled pork!
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Post by: CDN Smoker on August 09, 2015, 07:21:56 PM
Got some nice looking bark ;D
Title: Re: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: drholly on August 09, 2015, 07:37:26 PM
Oh boy - that looks and sounds delicious!
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Post by: smokeasaurus on August 09, 2015, 08:08:43 PM
Darn good looking pulled pork right there  :P :P
Title: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: tailfeathers on August 09, 2015, 08:11:13 PM
HyVee also had bone in butts this weekend for .88/lb. scored me four for future use. I woulda bought more but the freezers are pretty full right now.


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Title: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: tailfeathers on August 09, 2015, 08:12:42 PM
Your PP looks great BTW. How'd it taste?


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Title: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: Pappymn on August 09, 2015, 08:16:25 PM

HyVee also had bone in butts this weekend for .88/lb. scored me four for future use. I woulda bought more but the freezers are pretty full right now.


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Cool. We have a HyVee opening in about a month.
Title: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: tailfeathers on August 09, 2015, 08:31:29 PM
I buy a fair amount of meat there but you have to watch for their sales or they are a little on the high side price wise. When they have a sale it's usually pretty good. Last week they had fresh chicken hindquarters for .39/lb in 10lb bags. Lots of places have had them for .49 but always frozen into a solid lump so you have to thaw and use the whole works at once.


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Title: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: Pappymn on August 09, 2015, 08:35:25 PM

I buy a fair amount of meat there but you have to watch for their sales or they are a little on the high side price wise. When they have a sale it's usually pretty good. Last week they had fresh chicken hindquarters for .39/lb in 10lb bags. Lots of places have had them for .49 but always frozen into a solid lump so you have to thaw and use the whole works at once.


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Thanks. We have a lot of high end grocery options in my town that I mostly avoid. I've been cherry picking sale items a lot lately from different places. I buy most stuff at Costco.
Title: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: tailfeathers on August 09, 2015, 09:01:06 PM
Yup on Costco. Lately they started carrying pork bellies for 1.99. Had to buy some to try my hand at bacon. It's about the one thing I haven't tried, mostly due to being unable to find bellies. Then one day there they were! Eureka! Also buy all my brisket there, 3.79 for prime packers. Also buy a lot of meat at Fareway but IDK if they are in your area. Great meat counter though and really good sale prices on whole ribeyes NY strips, etc. They cut them for you free if you want. I usually just bring them home, trim and cut them and vac seal. They also have ground pork really cheap a lot of times and I make lots of sausages so I by it in 5 lb packs. Saves me having to grind up butts when I make brats, etcetera.


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Title: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: Pappymn on August 09, 2015, 09:14:30 PM
Sorry SB.....didn't mean to high jack your most excellent pork. I get excited for deals on meat. :)
Title: Re: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: sparky on August 09, 2015, 09:29:45 PM
Looks pretty good SB.
Title: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: tailfeathers on August 09, 2015, 10:10:00 PM

Sorry SB.....didn't mean to high jack your most excellent pork. I get excited for deals on meat. :)
what he said!


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Title: Re: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: Smokin Don on August 09, 2015, 10:53:20 PM
I'd sure eat some of that!!! Looks good!!! Don
Title: Re: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: sliding_billy on August 10, 2015, 02:39:47 AM

Sorry SB.....didn't mean to high jack your most excellent pork. I get excited for deals on meat. :)
what he said!


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That's what threads are for, guys.  As for the flavor, fresh I didn't use much of the maple but it was good.  My oldest son said it smelled like breakfast LOL.  The liquid added to the stuff that was going in the fridge for leftovers worked really well.  Not overwhelming or "saucy" and just the right amount of maple sweetness.
Title: Re: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: sparky on August 10, 2015, 02:59:15 AM
What rub was it?
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Post by: muebe on August 10, 2015, 07:28:31 AM
Beautiful butt Billy!

I love the color that maple syrup gives it!
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Post by: sliding_billy on August 10, 2015, 08:01:30 AM
What rub was it?

It was a base of Savor BBQ, but I doctored it up a little bit before applying (a very heavy coat - I should have taken a pic of it dry).
Title: Re: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: TentHunteR on August 11, 2015, 06:48:28 PM
Incredible looking (and sounding - by the description) pulled pork.

And at $0.88/lb...  :o  WOW!!!
Title: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: tailfeathers on August 11, 2015, 07:00:39 PM

Beautiful butt Billy!

I love the color that maple syrup gives it!
Only on a forum like this can you post something like that without being considered some kind of deviant.!


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Title: Re: Pork Butt Wrapped with Maple Syrup
Post by: hikerman on August 11, 2015, 07:15:24 PM
Nice cook SB!  Your PP looks great!  :P  You can never go wrong with maple syrup and pork.