Reason for finding a Butcher article

[ncsmoker]

Great article for finding a Butcher. amazingribs.com/tips_and_technique/buying_meat.html

[rangerone]

You are correct Tom, this is a great article. I also read the one on thawing meat while I was at the site.
Reading the article has reminded me that I have to get to know the butcher at my local BBQ-Deli place better. He already knows me as the guy who asks him to make a special order of South African sausage from time to time. He really enjoys doing that kind of stuff. He is also well know for his excellent BBQ ability. To make it even more worthwhile, he is very nice guy.

[harryj]

Thanks for posting the link -it's been awhile since I visited there. I, too, wandered around that site for awhile today. Knowing your butcher is truly helpful. I needed a bone-in pork loin roast, so I took the grilling book with the recipe in it (picture and all) with me. He brought out a whole side, compared the picture, then cut it to match. Bone-ins are hard to find in regular stores as most of the loin roasts in packages seem to be boned and tied.

[whiskeycharlie]

I did the grocery run this afternoon & stopped in at the "good" grocery store, Corti Brothers, to check out the meat counter. The butchers in this place are the real deal, it's always a pleasure to stop in and say, "Hi". They had prepared a bunch of small turduckens; a duck wing, in a chicken thigh, in a turkey thigh. I grabbed a pair & will put them on to smoke tomorrow morning. I'm thinking a little plum or cherry wood should do the trick! Life is good!

[ncsmoker]

Harry and WC glad you have found your butchers. Nothing better than to have a good one to work with. WC the Turduckens sound great. Let us know how they come out.

Tom