Brine and injecting Pork Butt

[Bockbock]

Hey all, getting ready to smoke up a pork butt tomorrow. They usually turn out pretty good, but I want to hit the jackpot. Do most of you brine and inject your pork butts, or just inject. I was planning on brining for 8 hours then injecting it and rubbing it. Any advice on whether I need to do both or would 1 or the other be better. Thankya much.

[Swamp Donkeyz BBQ]

At home, neither. At comps I inject only. Sweet Smoke Q Juice is some crazy good stuff!


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[CypertJ]

I inject only

1 cup Apple juice
1/2 cup Worcestershire
1/8 cup Sucklebusters Hog Waller

Then generously rub down the butt with the hog Waller

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[BluDawg]

I through a hand full of salt at it and cook it. That butt has all it need to get happy courtesy of the pig. Apply a liberal dose of Hickory smoke combined with some time and listen to the rave reviews.

[Bockbock]

Thanks guys. I thought injecting and brining would be overkill. Where do you get the Sweet Q sauce that you were referring to? I have the Hogwaller, so will use that tomorrow. Thanks again.

[tvernon]

I through a hand full of salt at it and cook it. That butt has all it need to get happy courtesy of the pig. Apply a liberal dose of Hickory smoke combined with some time and listen to the rave reviews.

Sometimes simplicity really is the best course of action.

[Swamp Donkeyz BBQ]

Thanks guys. I thought injecting and brining would be overkill. Where do you get the Sweet Q sauce that you were referring to? I have the Hogwaller, so will use that tomorrow. Thanks again.

sweetsmokeq.com or look up Jim Elser on Facebook.


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[Sweet Spot BBQ]

I use a rub and that's it. I do spritz with a mix of apple juice and cherry schnaaps every hour or so. Helps produce that nice bark. I have never injected a piece of meat in my life. But I don't comp cook either.

[Bockbock]

It was my first time injecting a piece of meat as well. My pork butts are usually pretty good. I have to admit when I injected it, it even made it better. It was a major success. Trying to refine my skills so I can start doing some competitions in the near future.

[Sweet Spot BBQ]

It was my first time injecting a piece of meat as well. My pork butts are usually pretty good. I have to admit when I injected it, it even made it better. It was a major success. Trying to refine my skills so I can start doing some competitions in the near future.

If you are going to comps then you are going to want to inject. To me you are leaving a path for the juices to get out just as sure as you are making a path to put them in by using the needle