This is my first food pron post(pop goes the cherry!)
Did my first large cook for a fairly big gathering last weekend. It was a party celebrating the life of my brother-in-law who passed back in January, hosted out at my brother's farm. I got there around 9:30AM, and got cookin at 10. Decided to keep fairly simple with pulled pork and my smoked spinach-stuffed meatloaf. My brother also picked up about 10 Amish chickens, though they looked more like turkeys- they were HUGE! I helped him out a bit with those and beer-canned four on my drum grill while he deep fried the rest. He also had some venison tenderloins which he asked me to smoke- I've never dabbled in venison so I just threw 'em on the UDS with the rest of the meat! There was a crowd of about 50 friends and family there, and the food was all well received. I was pretty busy throughout the day but my lady got some photos along the way. Didn't get any of the finished meatloaf though- it pretty much disappeared in minutes! Pork came out great, and that went fast as well. The venison was a pleasant surprise too as I typically don't care for it, but this came out great and not gamey at all. Could be because it's pretty much corn fed since there's corn fields all over out there...
Overall everything went great and I had a blast cookin! Hope you enjoy the food pron:grin:
The butts-
The loaves, and my silly mug-
Venison tenderloins-
Juicy!
The pork-
My dad getting wild with the Bear claws!
HUGE chickens!
Peekin at the birds- I know, I know, if yer lookin ya ain't cookin:wink:
My pipes are smokin!
Smoke on my friends, and thanks for lookin!
Did my first large cook for a fairly big gathering last weekend. It was a party celebrating the life of my brother-in-law who passed back in January, hosted out at my brother's farm. I got there around 9:30AM, and got cookin at 10. Decided to keep fairly simple with pulled pork and my smoked spinach-stuffed meatloaf. My brother also picked up about 10 Amish chickens, though they looked more like turkeys- they were HUGE! I helped him out a bit with those and beer-canned four on my drum grill while he deep fried the rest. He also had some venison tenderloins which he asked me to smoke- I've never dabbled in venison so I just threw 'em on the UDS with the rest of the meat! There was a crowd of about 50 friends and family there, and the food was all well received. I was pretty busy throughout the day but my lady got some photos along the way. Didn't get any of the finished meatloaf though- it pretty much disappeared in minutes! Pork came out great, and that went fast as well. The venison was a pleasant surprise too as I typically don't care for it, but this came out great and not gamey at all. Could be because it's pretty much corn fed since there's corn fields all over out there...
Overall everything went great and I had a blast cookin! Hope you enjoy the food pron:grin:
The butts-
The loaves, and my silly mug-
Venison tenderloins-
Juicy!
The pork-
My dad getting wild with the Bear claws!
HUGE chickens!
Peekin at the birds- I know, I know, if yer lookin ya ain't cookin:wink:
My pipes are smokin!
Smoke on my friends, and thanks for lookin!