Parkay vs. Butter

[motoeric]

Hi,

I recently saw clarified butter for sale at a very reasonable price at Trader Joes.

I was wondering if that would be an upgrade to the margarine used in chicken and ribs in competitions.

Any thoughts?

Eric

 

[Q-Dat]

I vote butter all the way. Parkay is basically thickened whipped up vegetable oil with butter flavoring.

 

[frankH]

Agreed.

 

[CBQ]

Does it need to be clarified? Not sure BBQ gets hot enough to worry about burning the milk solids.

 

[landarc]

Did you smell the clarified butter? Some pre-clarified butters smell not so good. Just a thought.

 

[Crash]

During experiments in years past, we tried the clarified butter on ribs only. We didn't care for it at all.

 

[akoda]

Can you comment more? I was planning to try it this weekend on briskets. Did you not like the taste or was it something else? I have never done either on my ribs.

During experiments in years past, we tried the clarified butter on ribs only. We didn't care for it at all.

 

[cpw]

Slight hijack, but has anyone ever tried Whirl? http://www.stratasfoods.com/Products/Foodservice/Branded-Oil-Products/Grilling-Sauteing/Whirl.aspx

It's butter flavored oil,but in a liquid form. Thinking it might work well for "butter baths" for chicken.

 

[dano]

Butter all the way...Parkay just a little too rich for me.