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False Cap on Pork Shoulder - Trim or Leave?

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  • mountainsmoker
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    What do you do then tie it up with string?

  • mountainsmoker
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    If I get one with that on it I trim it off, rub it and put it on with the butt. It will be good in about 2+ hours and ready for the grill boss to snack on. I never waste anything that starts with P. As far as trimming I take all of the outside fat off or as much as possible without cutting into the meat to much.

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  • HouseHomey
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    Run with it. I like more fat and less bark.

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  • Ahumadora
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    Trim it off it it is only thin. For the thin offcut, roll it or platt it, pin it with a wooden skewer. Pit master snack while you are cooking the butt. (Waste nothing)

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  • Greygoose
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    Lookin’ at the pic and how it was trimmed,,,,,I’d rub it and let the heat do it’s thing with that Bad Larry

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  • Jfrosty27
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    I agree with this. Trim it heavily.

  • Huskee
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    I HEAVILY trim my pork butts, I even dig down in, hack & slash style, and remove fat bands. There's so much fat in them that any I can remove now is less wads of fat in the finished product.

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  • Steve R.
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    Me? I prefer to trim as much exterior fat as I can on these. There's plenty of fat throughout that piece of meat to keep it moist, and I tend to get better bark this way.

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  • Jerod Broussard
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    I quit trimming my fat caps. I just score them into little squares and run fat cap up.

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  • Dewesq55
    started a topic False Cap on Pork Shoulder - Trim or Leave?

    False Cap on Pork Shoulder - Trim or Leave?

    So, I'm trimming up this 8½ lb shoulder to smoke tomorrow for pulled pork. It has a "false cap" on the side opposite they fat cap. There's a picture of it below. I don't know whether to trim it off or leave it. What say you fellows pitmasters?

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