For Pitmasters in TX, AR and LA, Brookshires has pork butt on sale for 97 cents per pound. Ingredients show it must be packed in salt. Ingredients: Pork, Water, Potassium Lactate, Sodium Phosphates, Salt, Sodium Diacetate. Has anyone smoked these? I was going to get one this weekend from the local meat market, but now I have to decide do I go for cheap because pork is almost like chicken as a blank slate, or just go what I've used in the past. Thoughts?
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I'd snag the cheap butts and just not brine if you're not sure. There is nothing wrong with adding salt, if needed, after it's pulled. -
Usually it's not enough salt for eating w/o any further salting, packers know most people will still season their meat. Is there a Nutrition Facts label on them? If so, check out the sodium level. If it's 200mg or below, salt as you normally would. If it's 300 or 350 or so, limit it some (maybe half?), if it says 400mg or higher, skip salting.Comment
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I'm not a fan of the Hormel butts, but I'd buy at that price. I bought a 2 pack of Smithfield yesterday for $1.30 a pound.Comment
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I've smoked plenty "injected" butts and have never had to lower my salt usage. Remember, if it says up to 15%, and Billy is hung-over and is supposed to be checking the % uptake and just pencil whips the whole day, you might only have 2%, if ya lucky.
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Troutman it's automated and you'd run out before you'd go over since Billy just fills up the ingredient tank.
Looking at records low is the norm since they figure the max of what it might hold and set the bar there.
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I just received an email from Kroger’s that their pork butts are on sale this week for .99 per lb.Comment
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My email from Kroger today showed the only meat I cared about on sale was buy 1 get 1 free chuck roasts. I may go check those out, but think the chucks at Sam's usually look a whole lot better. I'm waiting for the 99 cent butts at Kroger, or buy 1 get 1 which works out to the same thing, since their normal price is 1.99 a pound there.
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The thing to remember about "injected with a XX% solution", is we don't how much of that solution is salt. 90%? 9%? The best way to tell is look at the Nutrition Facts label and get the sodium content.Comment
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The Smithfield butts I often buy, as well as the ones on sale for 99 cents per pound at Kroger that I stock up on, also list salt, but I cannot tell that it is enough to taste. I season them with a salty rub or dry brine before smoking.
I would snap up a freezer full at that price. I'm out of butts right now, after stocking up back in November at Kroger for 99 cents per pound.Comment
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc "Like I could care less. That means you do care. At least a little" lol
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They are that same price around Michigan at the Local Family Fare stores. Saturday only!Comment
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Today’s bargains: family size lasagna, rack of ribs, a brisket, and 3 pork butts. Also got garlic bread, salad, dressing, and 2liter soda. Total spent $61.21. Total saved: $64.73
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