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dhueftle

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Trim Fat off Boston Pork Butt?
« on: January 17, 2020, 09:10:39 PM »
Do i need to cut the white looking fat off of the pork butt prior to smoke?
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Re: Trim Fat off Boston Pork Butt?
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2020, 09:29:25 PM »
Nooooooooooo!  At least, I never do.
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Re: Trim Fat off Boston Pork Butt?
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2020, 10:20:23 AM »
Folks have been cast into hell for that....
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Re: Trim Fat off Boston Pork Butt?
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2020, 10:28:47 AM »
Unless there’s a gigantic piece on the edge, but.......

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Re: Trim Fat off Boston Pork Butt?
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2020, 09:26:36 PM »
Would not recommend cutting ….. 
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Re: Trim Fat off Boston Pork Butt?
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2020, 08:21:49 AM »
Definitely not!
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Re: Trim Fat off Boston Pork Butt?
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2020, 12:00:19 PM »
Definitely not, although for the first butt I ever did, many years ago, I trimmed off ALL the fat! Didn't know any better. It still turned out great so maybe we are all over-stressing about this.
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Re: Trim Fat off Boston Pork Butt?
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2020, 11:51:15 AM »
It depends on where you get your meat. I buy all of my pork butts at Sam's Club and they all have a perfect 1/4" fat cap, so I have never touched them.

If your butcher/market leaves a lot of extra fat on, I could see trimming "some" off. You just want to make sure that there is a good 1/4" or so of fat cap left on.

I have rarely seen a pork butt, even when I have purchased from other places that required any trimming.
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