Who's smoking meat this weekend?

[Kent88]

I got some TenderQuick recently and I had a pork loin getting close to expiration, so I tried this out:

https://www.mortonsalt.com/article/meat-curing-canadian-bacon/

But instead of pan frying it, I smoked it with hickory.

Pretty happy with the results. I think you could tell someone with vision problems that it's back/Canadian bacon and they wouldn't know the difference.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

I got some TenderQuick recently and I had a pork loin getting close to expiration, so I tried this out:

https://www.mortonsalt.com/article/meat-curing-canadian-bacon/

But instead of pan frying it, I smoked it with hickory.

Pretty happy with the results. I think you could tell someone with vision problems that it's back/Canadian bacon and they wouldn't know the difference.

I did a Canadian bacon (back bacon) a little while ago, I added maple syrup to my cure then smoked it with maple wood. Turned out great. I used it for homemade eggs Benedict and have some left in the freezer.

 

[Willy]

Doing another smoked eggplant for baba Ghanoush - wow, love that stuff!

Heard an interesting line...

Smoking food is like hillbilly sous vide.
Thought that was pretty funny.

 

[catdaddy6676]

Going to try some beef cheeks soon as I have been seeing videos of it on YouTube. Got curious and thought I'd try it this weekend. Anyone have experience with them? They look freaking awesome

 

[ehall]

I just tried that last year... got a pack at costco, wouldn't do that again. there was way too much fat and crap on them to trim. They will take longer than expected too. but overall, smoking beef, they weren't too shabby.

 

[catdaddy6676]

I just tried that last year... got a pack at costco, wouldn't do that again. there was way too much fat and crap on them to trim. They will take longer than expected too. but overall, smoking beef, they weren't too shabby.

Yeah, they have much more fat and scrap on them but the videos showed that getting smoked then braised in tallow or stock for barbacoa shredded meat

 

[catdaddy6676]

Decided to break in my newly repaired 18" Weber kettle (new ash sweeper assembly) with some country style ribs seasoned with Sucklebusters Hog Waller rub... Easy peasy

 

[Rish]

beef cheeks

As stated, lots of yield loss after cleaning so close to double the cost per pound of usable muscle. Haven't tried smoking but braised were delicious. Rendered the fat for tallow and cracklings. Great in cornbread!

 

[JohnDBrewer]

Costco butts $8 off a pack, so I picked up 17lbs.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Costco butts $8 off a pack, so I picked up 17lbs.

I did the same. We needed pork shoulder anyway for this recipe that we made last night -- disregard that it's a chicken recipe. My wife has a poultry allergy so we subbed shredded pork. It's too much pork obviously, but given that pork shoulder is per-pound much cheaper at Costco than the market, *AND* the $8 off per pack, I couldn't pass it up.

I did one of the two butts in the crock pot and ended up with enough yield for the recipe, plus 3 individual vacuum sealed bags of shredded pork into the freezer for future use.

The second butt was vacuum sealed and frozen, and it'll come out at some point if I'm smoking pork or need it for something else.

 

[Willy]

Making some baby back ribs. A 5 hour recipe - smoke at 225 for 3 hours. Then do a Texas Crutch for 2 hours (wrap the ribs in heavy duty foil with 1/2c apple juice and 1/2c brown sugar).
Finish off with some homemade bbq sauce and wait until you can't wait any longer. Supposed to be 45 min to an hour. Ha.

 

[catdaddy6676]

I'm going to trim up a brisket tonight so I can smoke it on Sunday. A small #12 one as my 18" Weber can't handle much more than that! After trimming it will be 9-10# I think

 

[Willy]

Knocked out a 10lb smoked turkey - some thin sliced breast for deli and a bunch of meat for dog food embellishment. 77¢ a pound is hard to beat.

 

[catdaddy6676]

Trimmed and in the fridge for smoking in the morning... Snake method on a Weber kettle with Cherry and Pecan. I trimmed off about 4.5# and it's 7.5# and ready for seasoning

 

[catdaddy6676]

About to start the coals and season the brisket.... Let's get smokin '!!!

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Venison with a side of turkey. Maple and apple wood, I keep finding venison backstrap in my freezer, this pack had some tenderloin as well... yes please.

 

[cfrazier77]

Teaching my youngest to smoke chicken on his, and his brother's, grill. It was good.

 

[Dgallo]

Teaching my youngest to smoke chicken on his, and his brother's, grill. It was good. View attachment 862414View attachment 862415View attachment 862416

We spatch cock a chicken pretty much weekly. Can’t get enough. My boys, 5 & 3, call it “wish bone chicken” lol

 

[cfrazier77]

Rack of lamb, German helles, and being outside some peace a quiet.....

 

[catdaddy6676]

Going to smoke some pork belly and try to fashion burnt ends with a peach habanero glaze to finish them with...

 

[Dgallo]

Going to smoke some pork belly and try to fashion burnt ends with a peach habanero glaze to finish them with...

I’m doing smoked pork belly burnt ends for an appetizer on thanksgiving. I typically cube them before smoking. Gives more surface area and you get more crispy bits and more seasoning/smoke.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I’m doing smoked pork belly burnt ends for an appetizer on thanksgiving. I typically cube them before smoking. Gives more surface area and you get more crispy bits and more seasoning/smoke.

I've done the same. Cubing them first worked nicely.

Ended up doing it with three different flavor profiles for Super Bowl one year.

 

[OleBrewing]

Some bacon on apple and cherry.

 

[catdaddy6676]

Just ordered some rubs and sauces from Chuds BBQ and will be gifting them to my brother who started me on meat smoking train two years ago

 

[DBhomebrew]

 

[Kent88]

^ @Sailingeric

 

[catdaddy6676]

These went on the 18" Weber kettle thirty minutes ago... It's just able to fit. I need to get my 22" ready to go so space won't be a concern

 

[catdaddy6676]

Came out so tender!!

 

[Dimax]

Came out so tender!!

How is that Captain Rodney's Spicy Peach BBQ sauce?

 

[catdaddy6676]

How is that Captain Rodney's Spicy Peach BBQ sauce?

It's pretty awesome! It could use a bit more heat IMO but I will buy some more, definitely.