Pork Belly Smell

I've found pork will sometimes have a bit of an off odor to it, especially when buying 2 Boston Butts in the cryovac packaging.

I've never had any issues with using them. I'll simply just rinse it off in cold water and use paper towels to dry it off. A lot of times it's just the juices from the meat that can give it an off smell.

ETA: I don't usually keep pork in the fridge for a week before opening it. I usually take it right out when I get home to repackage it to freeze or to put to use.

Like others said, rinse it in some cold water. If it's still funky after a good rinse and drying, chunk it.

I opened a pack of ribs and thought it smelled like ton of farts but cooked them and ate them.

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I opened a pack of ribs and thought it smelled like ton of farts but cooked them and ate them.

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Crazy Hoss

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Checks out.

I'll also echo that it's pretty normal for cryovac pork.

I always cold rinse and pat dry cryovac'd meat.