Afternoon the day before cut a 9 pound bone-in pork butt in half. Rubbed on Memphis Dust and put in the frig in separate plastic bags. About 2 AM remember I had not sprinkled on salt for the dry brine … Continue reading
Category Archives: Pork
Chef JJ’s poultry brine method — “Day one, Brine overnight. Next day, drain and pat dry. l place the bird on a rack over a drip pan then in the refer overnight. Day three smoke or cook however…JJ” Families Favorite … Continue reading
Saturday, January 30, 2016 Ambient Temp was unseasonably warm 65 degrees with a nice breeze.. Meat Prep – About 11 AM removed silver skin, salted as usual and slide back into plastic sleeves and into refrigerator. Both slabs are thick … Continue reading
January 10, 2016 Day before removed silver skin from slab of ribs and salted liberally. Ambient Temp was 46 degrees and no breeze. Used the Weber Kettle with the SnS and large pecan chunks over Kingsford Briquettes. Piled burning briquettes … Continue reading
12/30/2015 – Had thawed the pork roast in the frig for about 2 days. Removed fat cap and salted well. Returned to frig for about 18 hours dry brining.. 12/31/2015 7 AM – Rubbed roast with Schultz’s Premium Seasoning and … Continue reading
As there was a good batch of coals burning when the Christmas Eve turkey reached temp Mary yanked the no-name spiral-cut ham from the frig to give it a little smokey flavor. I added several pecan chucks to the coals. … Continue reading
Preface – This was a cook that did not follow Meathead’s advice totally as had to improvise. Should have started the cook before leaving for HEB about 3 PM. Once got back I was in a rush to get it … Continue reading
Sunday, November 15, 2015 Pork Butt – 5 lbs. Salted the amount I would a salad then rubbed with Stubb’s Hot Pork Rub about 4 pm Saturday. Covered with plastic wrap on a small cookie sheet and left in the … Continue reading
Preface – This was the first cook with the Slow-n-Sear in the Weber 22″ Kettle. 11/08/2015 – “Pork Loin Baby Back Ribs”, 4.5 lbs, bought at HEB two weeks before and frozen. The day before thawed out the rack of ribs and … Continue reading
Sliced fat side (max 1/2″ thick) down to meat and rubbed in a lot of Stubbs Hot Pork Rub. On other side lathered with yellow mustard and smeared on a lot of rub. Sat out for about an hour then … Continue reading