Pork butt fat ratio
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What is the average lean to fat ratio in a butt?
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chrisndee2 We covered this a little in our recent meat fact friday here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blvw854dizA but basically they should be around 70/30 or 75/25 BUT if it has a small fat cap, or no fat cap at all it is probably somewhere around 80/20 to 85/15. So, make sure it has a fat cap and make sure your fat cap is actually a fat cap and that it is not skin! We have seen more and more pork butts in our local grocery store that have had skin left on with a very thin fat cap underneath it.
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chrisndee2 We covered this a little in our recent meat fact friday here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blvw854dizA but basically they should be around 70/30 or 75/25 BUT if it has a small fat cap, or no fat cap at all it is probably somewhere around 80/20 to 85/15. So, make sure it has a fat cap and make sure your fat cap is actually a fat cap and that it is not skin! We have seen more and more pork butts in our local grocery store that have had skin left on with a very thin fat cap underneath it.
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Joe Hell You’d need a fat analyzer, we used to carry the UNivex FA73 but we don’t stock them any longer. For things like pork loin you can always look up how much a serving is and then look up how many grams of fat a serving has. You are relying on the labelling but as the USDA manages that it is pretty accurate.
A fat analyzer can be had for a somewhere in the neighborhood of $800.
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Joe Hell You’d need a fat analyzer, we used to carry the UNivex FA73 but we don’t stock them any longer. For things like pork loin you can always look up how much a serving is and then look up how many grams of fat a serving has. You are relying on the labelling but as the USDA manages that it is pretty accurate.
A fat analyzer can be had for a somewhere in the neighborhood of $800.
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Joe Hell a new F101-1 would run you about $2,000, I’d be super careful buying anything on Ebay at that sharp a discount. I know Ebay is good but they can’t be THAT good!
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Joe Hell a new F101-1 would run you about $2,000, I’d be super careful buying anything on Ebay at that sharp a discount. I know Ebay is good but they can’t be THAT good!
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Joe Hell Well, I’d say its worth taking a flyer on then, worst comes to worst you send it back?
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Jonathon You can find the Hobart F-101 all day long on eBay (used) for under $150…on the list!
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