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Old 11-28-2016, 09:51 PM   #5081
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Just tried doing something for the first time. Pork belly burnt ends. I cured a pork belly in maple syrup, brown sugar, and salt for three days. Put that on the smoker for a few of hours until it got to about 180, pulled it off, sliced and cubed it, covered the bites in karo syrup and a brown sugar and pepper-heavy rub, and put them back in the smoker for a couple more hours. Combination of hickory, apple, and pecan wood. They turned out great. Good sweetness with plenty of bacon flavor. Can't wait to make them again and try a few different things.







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Old 11-28-2016, 09:56 PM   #5082
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Old 11-29-2016, 06:40 AM   #5083
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Old 11-29-2016, 08:43 AM   #5084
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Just tried doing something for the first time. Pork belly burnt ends. I cured a pork belly in maple syrup, brown sugar, and salt for three days. Put that on the smoker for a few of hours until it got to about 180, pulled it off, sliced and cubed it, covered the bites in karo syrup and a brown sugar and pepper-heavy rub, and put them back in the smoker for a couple more hours. Combination of hickory, apple, and pecan wood. They turned out great. Good sweetness with plenty of bacon flavor. Can't wait to make them again and try a few different things.







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I definitely have to try this!

When you "covered the bites in karo syrup and a brown sugar and pepper-heavy rub", did you make sort of a paste and coat the cubes or did you put the dry rub on first and then coat with the syrup.
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Old 11-29-2016, 09:09 AM   #5085
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In my best George Takei voice, "Oh my!"
I definitely have to try this!

When you "covered the bites in karo syrup and a brown sugar and pepper-heavy rub", did you make sort of a paste and coat the cubes or did you put the dry rub on first and then coat with the syrup.
I did the syrup first and then the rub on top of that and then tossed them around to get them all coated as best I could.

The rub was just your basic brown sugar, white sugar, black pepper, salt, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, and a little cayenne pepper. I want to add more cayenne next time and am going to crack black pepper on top of them.

I let them stew in their own juices when they went back on the smoker and also want to experiment with 1) holding the cubes on a cookie rack up above the grease they give off and 2) cooking them in their juice but at a higher temperature to try to make them even a little more candy-like.
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Old 11-29-2016, 10:09 AM   #5086
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I did the syrup first and then the rub on top of that and then tossed them around to get them all coated as best I could.

The rub was just your basic brown sugar, white sugar, black pepper, salt, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, and a little cayenne pepper. I want to add more cayenne next time and am going to crack black pepper on top of them.

I let them stew in their own juices when they went back on the smoker and also want to experiment with 1) holding the cubes on a cookie rack up above the grease they give off and 2) cooking them in their juice but at a higher temperature to try to make them even a little more candy-like.
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Old 01-03-2017, 07:05 PM   #5087
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3 degrees and I'm smoking two pork butts for a work party. New electric smoker is holding temp steady as a rock though.

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Old 01-04-2017, 05:29 AM   #5088
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Forgot to post our Christmas dinner. Had to get some brisket going cause ain't no place down here know how to cook it


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Old 01-04-2017, 02:18 PM   #5089
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Old 01-14-2017, 03:04 PM   #5090
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Cooked around 90 pounds of yard bird for the archery club workday today, fed about 30 people. Not much left for leftovers though

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Great photos. Boo is so tall! Good job teaching her the smokey art!
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18 hr smoke on 14 lb packer brisket. Point fully separated for burnt ends.
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Old 02-15-2017, 03:52 PM   #5093
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Old 04-01-2017, 05:57 PM   #5094
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Today I re-seasoned the old smoke house. I have a mess of sausage to grind and stuff, and a sweet pork belly that is begging me to turn it into bacon.



I am not usually a big gas-fire smoker guy preferring to use my log burner Lang, but for a low temp smoke for sausage and bacon (around 150*), gas is much easier to control.



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Where do you guys get your meats? I have a local butcher that I really like and support but his prices are reflective of his good practices. Anyone use online suppliers? What do you recommend/like?
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Mostly local farmers when I can. I'd rather pay the higher prices for better quality.
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Been using the Traeger like a mad man. Nothing crazy, just easy dinner stuff. In the last week did a tri-tip, some thick cut pork chops and some chicken breasts.
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Mostly local farmers when I can. I'd rather pay the higher prices for better quality.
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That's kind of what I figured. Thanks for the replies. Here's an easy rack of baby backs I smoked over hickory last night. Used a new rub mix and a new homemade sauce. Turned out very good.
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Looks delicious, Pete.
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