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01-27-2011, 04:22 PM | #121 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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But if the pigs are raised, slaughtered, cut, packed, shipped and sold in the US, how can they be considered a European cut?
Could it be this cut is destined to Asian and EU markets?
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01-27-2011, 04:31 PM | #122 |
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I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not, but the IMPS/NAMP documents not only describe what the cuts of meat are, but they are instruction manuals for how to butcher an entire animal. You have to know which muscle is which and what the dorsal side is, etc, but if you know enough swine or bovine A&P, you can start with a whole carcass and create properly butcher the animal. The European guide which has been mentioned a few times in this thread has similar instructions, but they differ: They may say to cut a different muscle, or to cut the same muscle in a different place, or same with bones, fat, or connective tissue. And this is what I have been trying to get at the whole thread: Are we concerned with what the cut is called, or what the meat is?
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01-27-2011, 05:12 PM | #123 | |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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I don't care what it's called if it's a butt, as we have known it. If it's a different cut, containing different muscles the field is no longer level. I don't care if it comes from the shoulder. The rules, as they are written, exist to establish a fair contest for anyone that chooses to enter.
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01-27-2011, 05:37 PM | #124 | |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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01-27-2011, 06:38 PM | #125 |
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Actually I think the loin is destined for those markets so it's cut that way and the collar and just about everything else is sort of a by-product. Maybe the hams have some value there as well.
I believe their Wagyu briskets are a similar story. I cooked in Seattle 6-7 years ago with Chris Lilly and we were given briskets and a couple of huge untrimmed shoulders from SRF. I don't believe they had much of a market for those cuts at that time so I'd say they love us now for paying big bucks for it.
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01-27-2011, 07:19 PM | #126 | |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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I kinda nosed around on some other sites and couldn't find any Collars. I did see SRF Kurobuta Hams in a couple markets over the holidays. Mishima Ranch, Kobe Beef America and Premium Proteins have to be just as good as $RF without the brand name recognition.
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01-27-2011, 07:28 PM | #127 |
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Minion was involved with the deal I was talking about as well.
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01-27-2011, 07:44 PM | #128 |
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Alright.. Let me ask the question this way.
If I were to purchase a whole shoulder for the purpose of cooking in a KCBS competition, would it be legal for me to trim any meat off of said shoulder prior to cooking, and if so, how much trimming can I do and still be legal?
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01-27-2011, 08:21 PM | #129 |
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Just go to your butcher and tell him you want this: (this is THE Boston Butt specification)
Item No. 406 - Pork Shoulder, Boston Butt, Bone-In - This item is as described in Item No. 403 except that the picnic is removed as described in Item No. 405. Skin, neck bones and related cartilage shall be removed. At least traces of false lean (M. trapezius) shall be exposed. When specified, the neck shall be removed by a straight cut approximately parallel to the loin side, immediately anterior to the half moon muscle (M. pectorales profundus). Except tell him you don't want the cut specified in the last sentence. The one that starts, "When specified". ("when specified" are key words) 100% legal, and you get meat you wouldn't if they made that cut.
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01-27-2011, 08:32 PM | #130 | |
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The shoulder is separated from the side by a straight cut that is approximately perpendicular to the length of the side. The cut shall be made posterior to (so as not to expose) the elbow, but not more than 1.0 inch (2.5 cm) from the tip of the elbow. The outer tip of the subscapularis muscle shall not extend past the dorsal edge of the base of the medial ridge of the blade bone. The foot shall be excluded at or slightly above the upper knee joint by a straight cut approximately perpendicular to the shank bones. The jowl shall be excluded by a straight cut approximately parallel with the loin side which is anterior to, but not more than 1.0 inch (2.5 cm) from the innermost curvature of the ear dip. The neck bones, ribs, breast bones, associated cartilage and breast flap (through the major crease) shall also be excluded. The fat and skin shall be beveled to meet the lean on the dorsal edge. The exterior fat thickness at the dorsal skin edge, measured at the center of the cut, shall not exceed that indicated in the schedule shown. |
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01-27-2011, 08:46 PM | #131 |
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Yea, but that puts him into a whole shoulder and I was trying to keep him in a Butt... but with the most meat... LOL
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01-27-2011, 09:22 PM | #132 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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I feel like I need a PhD in meat butchery in order to be a competition cook anymore. $150,000 contests will do that, I guess.
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01-27-2011, 09:31 PM | #133 |
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I can get a PhD pig scientist to answer some questions if I need too...she loves BBQ but I was saving those chips. Butcher's seems to have it covered.
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01-27-2011, 09:34 PM | #134 |
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I was thinking it was just bored guys on the net. I wonder how many from this thread will be in Las Vegas.....
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01-27-2011, 09:50 PM | #135 |
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I recall an old BBQ Central Pork Roundtable with you, Jim and others discussing methods, and when Jim brought up the Berkshire/Kurobuta pork he was using, everyone gave him a hard time!
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