Where Do You Buy Your Pork Butts?

[JCBBQ]

Usually Costco but they only sell boneless, snd as far as I know, two at a time…usually in the neighborhood of 16lbs.

[jfmorris]

I buy bone in butts at Sam's, unless Kroger has them on sale cheaper. When Kroger has them for 99 cents a pound or less, I'll get whatever the limit is and drop them in the deep freeze. I do find more waste on the Kroger butts however.

Personally I am not a fan of the boneless butts from Costco, as the way the few I've tried were cut, as someone else mentioned, they needed to be tied together while smoking. I prefer bone-in.

[Steve R.]

Kroger butts for me. I look for sales and then stock up when they are cheap.

[DavidNorcross]

I search for sales

[Deeremaxx]

GFS off highway 1 key west, $1,99-$3 a pound for bone in.
No complaints
Dave

[Troutman]

HEB Natural or Porter Road Berkshire/Duroc. Don’t like cheap commodity pork.

[Starsky]

Usually the local butcher. They have more marbling in them

[Mosca]

Wegman’s. It’s just my opinion, but I think the Hatfield pork we get in NE PA is excellent. It’s getting really expensive though, ribs are $6.99/lb right now, usually $3.99. Butts are $2.29/lb, they are usually $.99 to $1.49. At that price I can order from Cheshire instead, the only pork that I think is clearly better.

[Steve R.]

The Kroger stores in my area have been carrying the Hatfield ribs for about a year now. I agree they are good. I grab some of the SLC when I see them marked down. My chest freezer in the basement looks like it belongs to a rib hoarder. Maybe it does.

[RustyHaines]

I too buy from local supermarkets by tracking their sales/specials. I never pay more than $1.99/pound for bone in shoulder and stock up when I can get them for $.99 to $1.09 per pound at places like HyVee, Piggly Wiggly, etc.

[CandySueQ]

I haven't seen any 99 cent sales around here. Our Brookshires only carries Hormel tender (injected) pork. Ribs are okay if you get them soon after processing. I've found that close to the expiry date, ribs look like they've been cured after cooking. There's a 10% added grocer that really carries the best meats in town. Prairie Fresh pork, Angus beef, Springer Mountain Farms chicken (sometimes). Sometimes the Tyson natural pork butts at Walmart are good.

[bordercollie]

I usually get the pork butts at Kroger or Sams if they haven't been injected that is. If its a 2 pack, I go ahead brine it and smoke both, shread and vac seal for days I can't do any cooking or for drop ins. Really handy

[Skinsfan1311]

Anywhere they're on sale.

[mnavarre]

Lately I've been having the best success at the large Mexican Supermercados and the large Asian markets. They just seem to have better prices than even Vons has on sale. Stuff ain't cheap no more, and It's probably gonna get worse here in Kalifornia (Lengua is ~$10/lb for Gods sake).

[Hulagn1971]

Food Lion or Harris Teeter when they are on sale for .99/lb. Sold in singles so you don't have to buy more than one (I usually do though).

[ILMsmoke]

Wherever is .99/lb