Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

Thanks . Is one better than the other when smoked? Having trouble finding pork butt in my local grocery stores.

 

I'm a butt man myself. it's my preference.

 

as for rub @DETaco17 ... hit up @bvbull200

 

I dont notice much but just make sure its got the bone in and it will be better flavor IMO.

 

I need to find me some butt

 

Thanks.

 

Agreed. bone in butt ftw. wait...

 

should be a common cut in most places. Check all the grocery stores near you or costco or sams. You'd be surprised what you find. Used to be you could rarely find beef tongue now its carried at Walmart here...

 

I'll have to try Costco. Acme and Wegmans only have bone-in shoulder.

 

where are you?

 

If it doesn't say picnic and/or it doesn't have that tapered/triangular shape to it, I'd bet it is a Boston butt. The butt is still pork shoulder, it only got the name from how that cut of the shoulder used to be stored (in barrels called "butts") back in 17th century Boston. Not all stores explicitly say "butt" in the name, but I haven't found many (any?) that sell a picnic roast without explicitly stating "picnic".

Picnics usually have the skin in tact, too. Snap a pic next time you're in and post it up. You might be able to save yourself some searching!

 

I can hook that up .

 

Is there another name for tri-tip I can't find it anywhere in northern pa.

 

I know that flat top, have one too!

50-60+ mph winds last night. The snow has a strange orange dirty crust on it. News said it is from sand and dirt carried by the wind all the way from Az. and NM

But I needed a steak, not fighting with charcoal in that wind, snow and cold. Gasser to the rescue once again.



Even had some greens, broccoli



Covered in bacon grease, finely grated parmesan cheese, and bacon.

Great score! I have 2 of those now I like the couple inches taller height over the standard kettle.

 

bottom sirloin butt possibly? only think I've seen it as Tri-Tip

 

That steak pic made my stomach growl.

 

Go to Leona Meat Plant in Troy, Pa. (Bradford County) and pick up a couple bricks of scrapple instead! And mail me a couple bricks please forgot to order me some before it warmed up

Pretty sure Leona could get it for you. AKA bottom sirloin butt. A packing plant here in Mn. told me it is sold to a lot of restaurants around the country as roast beef and called bottom or lower sirloin butt.

 

Picked up a couple whole chickens to smoke. I put one in the freezer and one Im going to use the Unicorn rub. Prob put the rub on tonight and smoke tomorrow if nothing comes up.

 

I'm in Delaware

 

Cast iron pizza and salmon that I’m still undecided how to cook.