Marinading Fatties

[BBQchef33]

Was making some fatties with last nights roast had an interesting experience.... The fatties were frozen, so i put them in the microwave on defrost for 6 minutes. The defrosted nicly and came out at what felt like about room temperature..was on the soft side. After peeling the wrapper from the first fatty i threw it into the pan with a prime rib marinading in it while i worked on the second fatty. Well................

The fatty did the Spongebob Mod... Soaked up that marinade like a sponge. The area of the pan around the fatty was almost devoid of marinade and the fattie took on this bloated dark appearance. Picked it up and it felt like a jello fatty. Got real mushy and would'nt hold much of its shape... Aint gonna waste that though.. reformed it and rolled it on the counter a bit.....put it in the high heat area of the cooker for the first few mnutes then gently moved it to the 260 zone. Came out tasting like teriaki.. real salty too, sharon and her mom loved it.. i ate the other plain ones.... but now we know these things soak stuff up real fast.. can make for some interesting variations....

Think im gonna try a plain fatty, soaked in Guiness. :twisted:

[smokeypig]

the guiness marinade sounds interesting.

i've never marinaded a fatty. just rolled it in my favorite rub. then on the cooker. may have to give it a try.

[BBQchef33]

Didnt quite mean to marinade it.. was just tossing it in the bowl to bring outside.. but the damn think soaked it up like a sieve. tonight i rolled them in some hot sauce before throwing them in. the sauce was thicker than the teryiaki marinade so just stuck to the outside... Still reall good!

[smokeypig]

try apple cider, roasted cayennes and bourbon. great with just about any pork.

[BBQchef33]

try apple cider, roasted cayennes and bourbon. great with just about any pork.


Damn...... Thats sound good..... heat that up and drink it before you go out to shovel the snow... that'll warm dem bones up too. :twisted:

[Heath]

Today was my first day of doing fatties. Ol' Lady said "I guess the cult is on to somethin here"

[Neil]

I must admit ignorance. What are fatties? Can you share the recipe? They sound interesting indeed.

[kcquer]

I must admit ignorance. What are fatties? Can you share the recipe? They sound interesting indeed.

Neil, "fatties" is a term used here for smoked breakfast sausage. The basic recipe is to buy a 1# roll of Jimmy Dean or similar breakfast sausage, take the plastic off, set roll on cooking grate in smoker, when internal temp reaches 170, eat. Usually takes 2-3 hrs. Some turn the roll over after 90 mins or so. The smoke seems to temper some of the spices in the sausage so buy a flavor a bit spicier than you normally would. Maple flavor is my favorite.
A fatty is the ultimate Brethren breakfast item a few hours into and all day cook of a butt or brisket. Delicious on a biscuit.

[BBQchef33]

yup, most use the Jimmy dean breafast logs, but i picked up a mix of a few different brands. Seems the cheaper offbrands have more fat in them, which lends itself better to 2 hours in the cookers. Whichever you use,they make great snacking while your cooking.. gotta do at least 2 at a time though cause that first one goes REAL FAST. :)

[Heath]

JD Hot is the best!

[smokeypig]

i'm somewhat partial to the JD sage sausage or tennessee pride hot sage. but it doesnt really matter to me. unwrap'm and throw'm on the fire. i'll eat'm when they're done.....