shoulder color

[bertkemtncurs]

Great site guys. I have a question about the color of the meat when I smoke a boston butt. I've seen others meat come out almost white when it's pulled, but mine is more of a grey with a smoke ring. It's fully cooked and tastes great, just wondering why it's more on the grey side.

Thanks!

[kickassbbq]

The Bert Meister.
I have don't remember seeing white Butt meat. Mine is always a gray color, too. I have been smokin' for 20 years. Maybe we are doing something wrong!!!!
PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!
Smoke On!!!!!!!

[MilitantSquatter]

Welcome !!... How about checking into Cattle Call to formally introduce yourself ?

If you mean white like the color of a center cut pork chop...., no, I have not seen that extensively. I do get varying degrees of greyness with some real light colored meat as well based on the different muscles in the shoulder with the deep pink portions from the smoke.

[thirdeye]

Gray to pinkish pretty much sizes up the color of pulled butt. Sometimes one muscle and the meat near the bone is darker. (darker meat is really noticeable when pulling a picnic).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/thirdeye2/BDS/74071d67.jpg

[Kevin]

thirdeye you foodographer. That made me hungry and I just ate some fantastic pintos for breakfast.

[FatDaddy]

mines allways been pink and varying shades of grey.I swear 3eyes pics are getting better every time he posts one. makes my skimpy pics not even worthy of posting.

[smokinbadger]

Here's what my last batch looked like:

http://picasaweb.google.com/smokinbadger/PulledPork

[bbqjoe]

Here's what my last batch looked like:

http://picasaweb.google.com/smokinbadger/PulledPork
looks right to me!

[RichardF]

Another example:

[thirdeye]

mines allways been pink and varying shades of grey.I swear 3eyes pics are getting better every time he posts one. makes my skimpy pics not even worthy of posting.

Thanks for the kind words, but DON'T stop posting pictures!!!

It's kind of funny but I shoot about a hundred pictures like this a week at work. My subjects have no color, no contrast, no special angles and no definition. Hobby pictures (like foodie pic's) are really a challenge for me. And it goes without saying ... I like the few keepers that make me drool.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/thirdeye2/welding01/ef9fc857.jpg

[thirdeye]

Another example:

That second one put the "P" in pulled pork. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/thirdeye2/Misc/dab4ce6c.gif

[bbqjoe]

Porkolicious!!!!

[bertkemtncurs]

Thanks guys, and thats some good lookin' stuff. I guess I ain't doing too bad, because thats how mine looks. I just needed some confirmation from the experts.
Thanks again!

[Pig Up & Go]

The Bert Meister.
I have don't remember seeing white Butt meat. Mine is always a gray color, too. I have been smokin' for 20 years. Maybe we are doing something wrong!!!!
PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!
Smoke On!!!!!!!

At the shop we hand pull a ton of butts each week, and yes their is 1 muscle area that is pure white meat.............me I don't care for it, so its chopped extra and blended in w/ the regular stuff..

Cheers:mrgreen::mrgreen:

[jgh1204]

I did a picnic last week and it had a few spots where the meat was fairly white.

[Single Fin Smoker]

Thirdeye and Richard...........damn you. Now I gotta learn how to make one a dim butts.

Your pics of pulled pork make me wanna eat so bad, and I ain't even hungry.

Trying not to say cuss words here.......

[chad]

Remember that pork is a relatively "white" meat to start with. If you don't get seasoning deep into the meat and/or smoke pentration, it will come out "white". Shoulder in particular can have some pale spots because the muscles are pretty dense.

As someone pointed out - the white meat will have little flavor compared to the rest of the shoulder. I occassionally get some white sections in a butt, too.