Fat Freddy
is Blowin Smoke!
I know the dust has just started to settle on the pork rule for 2014, butt now we have the announcement by the beef and pork councils of names changing. Seems the biggest one affecting us comp cooks will be the Pork butt now being called a Boston Roast.
I know of a couple of places I have bought from in the past whos label eliminates the word Boston from a butt as it is. One specifically labels it as a butt roast. However with the new name it seems it MAY leave a bit of confusion, as the rule is written, especially to newer teams. For the majority of us that has cooked we will have no issue with this butt the definition of the rule is that pork is defined as a Boston BUTT, picnic, and/or a whole shoulder.
Obviously the wording on the rule should be rewritten butt I am wondering what will happen when the word ROAST becomes in the rules? Should the rule specify BOSTON Roast(most obvious and simple to me) or will there be some other thought on the wording of the rule.
I am sitting around bored on a cold rainy NW Iowa day and my mind sometimes goes in strange directions but in my opinion this would be a really good time to reevaluate the entire pork rule. It has already been changed somewhat on the parting aspect so maybe this would be the perfect time to think about what portions of meat should be used in regards to pork period.
I will abide by whatever rule is in place and I am not wanting rules changed just for the sake of changing, like I say i am just wondering with the name change and with the parting rule change for 2014, just maybe this might be a good time to think about stuff.
Before I submitted this I looked over at the KCBS website to make sure I had the wording correct on the pork rule. There I noticed the April BOD meeting was posted so i went through it quickly and both the wording of the pork rule and parting were discussed.
I know of a couple of places I have bought from in the past whos label eliminates the word Boston from a butt as it is. One specifically labels it as a butt roast. However with the new name it seems it MAY leave a bit of confusion, as the rule is written, especially to newer teams. For the majority of us that has cooked we will have no issue with this butt the definition of the rule is that pork is defined as a Boston BUTT, picnic, and/or a whole shoulder.
Obviously the wording on the rule should be rewritten butt I am wondering what will happen when the word ROAST becomes in the rules? Should the rule specify BOSTON Roast(most obvious and simple to me) or will there be some other thought on the wording of the rule.
I am sitting around bored on a cold rainy NW Iowa day and my mind sometimes goes in strange directions but in my opinion this would be a really good time to reevaluate the entire pork rule. It has already been changed somewhat on the parting aspect so maybe this would be the perfect time to think about what portions of meat should be used in regards to pork period.
I will abide by whatever rule is in place and I am not wanting rules changed just for the sake of changing, like I say i am just wondering with the name change and with the parting rule change for 2014, just maybe this might be a good time to think about stuff.
Before I submitted this I looked over at the KCBS website to make sure I had the wording correct on the pork rule. There I noticed the April BOD meeting was posted so i went through it quickly and both the wording of the pork rule and parting were discussed.