This was one of the best butt’s todate. The very kicked-up 3Pogs—with 3x the cayenne–made a bark that was a nice smokey pepper based with a lot of depth. Also very moist despite the 11.5-hour cook.
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1/21/2018, Sunday – Smoked a fresh 8.5 lb. Smithfield butt that did not need any fat trimmed. Scored the thin fat cap and rubbed with a fairly heavy layer of Kit’s Creole Seasoning. This was the third Butt rubbed with … Continue reading
Chef John Folse’s recipe here. Inspired by http://www.foodrepublic.com/recipes/andouille/ Ingredients 1 onion, finely diced 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1/2 tablespoon cayenne pepper 1/2 teaspoon ground mace [substituted is Nutmeg and/or All Spice] 1/2 teaspoon freshly dried thyme (hang up a bunch … Continue reading
1/14/2018 – 5 AM to 6 AM – Pulled silver skin from BBs and rubbed well with Kit’s Creole Seasoning. Rubbed the beef ribs with Jeff’s Texas Rub. Put into refer. 2:30 – Put into MES. Smoke was from a mixture … Continue reading
This cook turned out ok and provide a few lessons. The large butt was de-fatted, cut into three chunks, dry-brined plus rubbed with creole seasoning, and then smoked a long time with the initial 3 hours with full grey smoke … Continue reading
10/15/2017 – Cut and deboned half of a pork butt bought yesterday for $1.29/lb. Smoked the larger part of it today and shook on cure per the cure calculator that provided the values below. This was our first dry-cure of … Continue reading
10/15/2017 – Dry brined the tip roast with kosher salt the night before. This morning cleaned up the butt and took off about 3 lbs to cure for tasso. Rubbed the beef with Jeff’s Texas Rubb and the piece of … Continue reading
10/8/2017 – Sunday after Hurricane Nate went into Biloxi. We are still in Houston. This cook turned out good and had a few new tricks such as using Stubbs and creole seasoning with ACV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuWvjqsfric&feature=em-subs_digest … Continue reading
8/13/2017 – Smoked the rack of ribs–rubbed with Stubbs Hot Pork Rub–over the Butt done at the same time. MES set at 240 and smoke from a combination of pellets from Trafalger Hickory and ChefMasters blend. Put them Put them … Continue reading