landshark530
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So I've been wanting to improve my pork butts a and have been researching injected vs non-injected versions but there doesn't seem to be a clear consensus. I wanted to know the following?
Is injecting worth in on the average 8-10 pound butts I'm buying?
Is the flavor different, better, etc.
Is there a difference in smoking time with the additional moisture. The butt got about 10-12 ounces of injection.
Is there a measurable difference in tenderness, or even a noticeable difference.
Is injecting a complete waste of time?
So I'm doing my own little throwdown on the smokemaster.
2 8# butts toe to toe... or butt to butt, one injected and one not. To sweeten my test my neighbor, who's from Texas, loves bbq, and is regularly seen licking my windows when my pit is fired up brought me a butt to smoke.
He's had my cue plenty of times and loves it, so he'll also get an injected butt in a "your taste buds are blind" taste test.
I injected the butts last night while still in their packages and rubbed them up this morning.
The butts hit the pit at 0800, I'll update hourly as I push through the hunny do list.
Using apple oak and some hickory for my offset.
Is injecting worth in on the average 8-10 pound butts I'm buying?
Is the flavor different, better, etc.
Is there a difference in smoking time with the additional moisture. The butt got about 10-12 ounces of injection.
Is there a measurable difference in tenderness, or even a noticeable difference.
Is injecting a complete waste of time?
So I'm doing my own little throwdown on the smokemaster.
2 8# butts toe to toe... or butt to butt, one injected and one not. To sweeten my test my neighbor, who's from Texas, loves bbq, and is regularly seen licking my windows when my pit is fired up brought me a butt to smoke.
He's had my cue plenty of times and loves it, so he'll also get an injected butt in a "your taste buds are blind" taste test.
I injected the butts last night while still in their packages and rubbed them up this morning.
The butts hit the pit at 0800, I'll update hourly as I push through the hunny do list.
Using apple oak and some hickory for my offset.
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