Nothing changed withy the preparation. Inject, rub, smoke. Where things changed was at the 165 F point. Here I separated my money muscle, sauced rubbed again, and placed in the cambro for later use. I then put the remaining part of the butt back on the smoker to finishing cooking. I did so unfoiled to promote maximum bark formation. I then pulled this meat at 185 F, foiled, and put in the cambro to use with my money muscle.
When ready for use, I pulled the money muscle out of the cambro, sauced and rubbed again, then placed in a foil pan. From the remains of the butt, I fashioned some burnt ends from the meatiest bark pieces. Then I placed these in the pan with the money muscle and placed the meat back on the smoker for 20 minutes at 325 F to set the glaze. I think it looks pretty good:
We received our best scores of the year. Like I said, more tinkering needs to be done to dial this recipe in for good. But, this is a good start.
Thanks for stopping by,
Bill
That looks good to me. We got an entry with three money muscles. Two were feathered and one sliced but solid. Taste was good but one out of the three was mushy. I do not understand why he put the third mushy entry in. Fill out the box? With the new rule I thought we would get more burnt ends. At least at my table this was not the case.I would score your box a 9
ReplyDeleteNot sure if we like the new rules. I am leaning towards not liking them. But, we are seeing more burnt ends.
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