Ordered a pork butt from Whole Foods, this is what I got
What do I do with these? Trim, season, and just smoke like a normal pork butt to 203-205? Tie them together with butcher twine?
by doctor_klopek
32 Comments
gpuyy
So you ordered it and they sliced it?
And then you accepted it?
Efficient-Flight-633
Season, smoke for 3hrs, finish in a slow cooker (or covered in the oven) with a cup of moisture of choice (apple juice, Mexican coke).
geebz42
More surface area = more delicious bark
sarcastic_guy1
*Some assembly required*
Jv1856
Just think of it as more surface area for bark and seasoning. Which means you’ll use more seasoning, so mind your heat and salt levels, because the ratio will be slightly altered.
Still plenty of fat, but if you trim them, don’t be as aggressive as normal.
Should come out fine, and maybe faster than normal.
Tripperbeej
I would do oven carnitas. Crispy pork tacos ftw. The surface area to volume ratio is going to be too high to smoke it.
Fragrant_Heat_5141
Geeze $5.32/lb? I havent paid over $1.49/lb and thats only because my freezer was empty and I really wanted pulled pork. Its full of $0.99/lb now after stocking up on the sales.
Did you order boneless or did they just substitute this because they were out of bone in?
Personally, I would just save these for crock pot meals. Green chili or carnitas.
I dont know how a smaller chunk like that will come out, but It would be interesting to see how they do. You will get a much higher(better) bark to meat ratio doing them that way. I would just throw one on when I smoked something else to see how it turns out and have some extra pulled pork in the week.
mt_beer
Pork steak!
Prize-Ad4778
Season with salt and pepper
Cook them over direct heat, 18″ above a good bed of burned down wood
Turn them every few minutes until done
Cut and eat like a steak
Thank me later
UKnowWhoToo
Return to sender
Crispyskips728
Injustice paid $1.55 a pound for whole pork butts. This is robbery
rom_rom57
1.67/lb at your local GFS stores. They’re sliced since no one could afford a whole one.
DampCoat
Should cook fast.
That price is insane. Butts are usually something in the ballpark of 1.99/lb by me. Obviously Whole Foods has its special pricing but 5 a pound is outrageous
JavaGeep
Very pricey for all that fat on the top one.
walzman
Sam’s or Costco for me, never pay more than $2/lb. I recommend that you stop handing your money over to Bezos for shitty cuts of pork.
Just-Shoe2689
just leave in the soup isle.
hawkeyegrad96
Send back
Steve0-BA
Sounds like a Canadian butcher. Seems like half of them don’t know what a pork butt is.
H_I_McDunnough
Must have outsourced to Piece Foods
krakmunky
Great for pozole. Not sure how that would work out for pulled pork. Might dry out.
LotusDJ
Why you let someone else pick out your butt??
doctor_klopek
Game plan, I hit them with some Cowtown’s The Squeal rub and threw them on the MES30 at 250 with some cherry wood chips. Going to let them ride for 2-3 hours and when I’ve got decent bark (but hopefully before they’re dried out) I’m going to pull them and finish in the oven in a covered pan with some braising liquid (tbd).
Orwellian_NonFiction
Whole paycheck……I mean, whole price, half the food……
woodhorse4
Whole Foods my ass! lol /s
Bearcarnikki
$1.79 a lb at Kroger this week.
Acceptable-Lunch7261
The real crime is that price for commodity pork butt. Holy crap that’s brisket prices for what is the cheapest cut on the entire pig aside from maybe the feet.
RedSix2447
Bright side. They will cook super fast. Down side is they will cook super fast. Not as much time for smoke.
Going to have to cook them super low at 160 super smoke.
Scientific_Cabbage
Yeah this stuff is definitely better as carnitas or red/green chili lol.
Biscotti_BT
Strange it isn’t whole.
mrmrssmitn
Do whatever you were going to do before. Same muscles.
lolheyaj
don’t order groceries on an app
mixmastakooz
You need to make St Louis style pork steaks with this!!! You’ll love them. Google “beast bbq pork steak recipe” and you should find a good way to make them!
32 Comments
So you ordered it and they sliced it?
And then you accepted it?
Season, smoke for 3hrs, finish in a slow cooker (or covered in the oven) with a cup of moisture of choice (apple juice, Mexican coke).
More surface area = more delicious bark
*Some assembly required*
Just think of it as more surface area for bark and seasoning. Which means you’ll use more seasoning, so mind your heat and salt levels, because the ratio will be slightly altered.
Still plenty of fat, but if you trim them, don’t be as aggressive as normal.
Should come out fine, and maybe faster than normal.
I would do oven carnitas. Crispy pork tacos ftw. The surface area to volume ratio is going to be too high to smoke it.
Geeze $5.32/lb? I havent paid over $1.49/lb and thats only because my freezer was empty and I really wanted pulled pork. Its full of $0.99/lb now after stocking up on the sales.
Did you order boneless or did they just substitute this because they were out of bone in?
Personally, I would just save these for crock pot meals. Green chili or carnitas.
I dont know how a smaller chunk like that will come out, but It would be interesting to see how they do. You will get a much higher(better) bark to meat ratio doing them that way. I would just throw one on when I smoked something else to see how it turns out and have some extra pulled pork in the week.
Pork steak!
Season with salt and pepper
Cook them over direct heat, 18″ above a good bed of burned down wood
Turn them every few minutes until done
Cut and eat like a steak
Thank me later
Return to sender
Injustice paid $1.55 a pound for whole pork butts. This is robbery
1.67/lb at your local GFS stores. They’re sliced since no one could afford a whole one.
Should cook fast.
That price is insane. Butts are usually something in the ballpark of 1.99/lb by me. Obviously Whole Foods has its special pricing but 5 a pound is outrageous
Very pricey for all that fat on the top one.
Sam’s or Costco for me, never pay more than $2/lb. I recommend that you stop handing your money over to Bezos for shitty cuts of pork.
just leave in the soup isle.
Send back
Sounds like a Canadian butcher. Seems like half of them don’t know what a pork butt is.
Must have outsourced to Piece Foods
Great for pozole. Not sure how that would work out for pulled pork. Might dry out.
Why you let someone else pick out your butt??
Game plan, I hit them with some Cowtown’s The Squeal rub and threw them on the MES30 at 250 with some cherry wood chips. Going to let them ride for 2-3 hours and when I’ve got decent bark (but hopefully before they’re dried out) I’m going to pull them and finish in the oven in a covered pan with some braising liquid (tbd).
Whole paycheck……I mean, whole price, half the food……
Whole Foods my ass! lol /s
$1.79 a lb at Kroger this week.
The real crime is that price for commodity pork butt. Holy crap that’s brisket prices for what is the cheapest cut on the entire pig aside from maybe the feet.
Bright side. They will cook super fast. Down side is they will cook super fast. Not as much time for smoke.
Going to have to cook them super low at 160 super smoke.
Yeah this stuff is definitely better as carnitas or red/green chili lol.
Strange it isn’t whole.
Do whatever you were going to do before. Same muscles.
don’t order groceries on an app
You need to make St Louis style pork steaks with this!!! You’ll love them. Google “beast bbq pork steak recipe” and you should find a good way to make them!