A friend of mines Mother is making me a homemade Mojo marinade for a
butt I'm going to grill on my kettle this weekend ... I plan to marinate
and inject with the Mojo 16 to 20 hrs. before I grill over indirect
heat.. My question is with all the acid from the citrus cause me any
problems with the butt marinating and being injected that long ...
Thanks ... Horace

HOSSMAN wrote:

> A friend of mines Mother is making me a homemade Mojo marinade for a
> butt I'm going to grill on my kettle this weekend ... I plan to marinate
> and inject with the Mojo 16 to 20 hrs. before I grill over indirect
> heat.. My question is with all the acid from the citrus cause me any
> problems with the butt marinating and being injected that long ...
> Thanks ... Horace

It sure can, I've seen that happen a lot. It's especially a
problem if the injection isn't done right. By not distributing
it evenly enough and creating big "pockets" of injected marinade
the meat right around the injected area can get mushy.

When you inject, try to create long "veins" instead of pockets by
sticking the needle all the way in and drawing it out slowly
as you inject. I also wouldn't inject the day before, I do it
the day of.

The amount of acidity also has a lot to do with the outcome.
The higher the acidity, the shorter the exposure time should
be.

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