View Single Post
  #6 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to alt.food.barbecue
shawn[_2_] shawn[_2_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 113
Default Charge for smoking a butt

Steve Wertz wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:31:37 -0500, shawn wrote:
>
>
>>Meat markets here in Central Tx. charge $1.00 per pound for smoking
>>bought meat. Remember, most of them have the pit going already. If you
>>are going to make a special fire for this job, you might want to add a
>>little for the wood you are going to burn, and your time.

>
>
> Have you ever had one of these places smoke something for you?
> I'm been tempted to take them up on some pork butts. And that's
> really a pretty good deal. 15lbs of butt for $15 (considering
> the time it takes to smoke them).
>
> I'm thinking of Iron Works in downtown Austin, in particular. I
> don't know who else to trust. And I wouldn't mind taking butts
> to IW as they don't normally cook them so I wouldn't feel as if
> I'm insulting their normal offerings.
>
> -sw

I have had it done at a few places. Usually it would be something that
they don't normally have offered as BBQ. (I like my prime rib smoked
med rare)