Butchering weekend plus Bacon in progress - PrOn!

Smoking Westy · 01-07-2013, 08:12 PM

This past Saturday we did our annual hog butchering. This year we did 2 1/2 hogs (5 sides). All together we processed 495 pounds of pork.

Besides the fresh cuts like chops, tenderloin, fresh side pork and roasts we made brats, breakfast sausage (links and bulk), summer sausage and then we finished up with 60 pounds of venison summer sausage. I brought home several chunks of belly which I started curing tonight and will be smoking next week.

Here are a few shots from the weekend.

First up the equipment...

Stuffer and grinder

My new slicer that I picked up with gift cards from Christmas

Removing the hocks

Removing the loin

Leaf lard (going to render for biscuits and fish frying)

Brats rolling out of the stuffer

Pork summer sausages ready to be hung

Venison summer sausages

And shots from tonight...prepping the pork belly

Meatie!

The freezer is chuck full between the pork and the doe I shot this year.

MisterChrister · 01-07-2013, 08:18 PM

Nice! Great pics and thread, thanks for posting this!

Dirtbuddy · 01-07-2013, 08:22 PM

SO awesome! Especially love the Sawzall pic

JonM106 · 01-07-2013, 08:31 PM

Looks like an awesome weekend!

Militant83 · 01-07-2013, 08:33 PM

Looks like a good time

chriscw81 · 01-07-2013, 08:42 PM

awesome!!! thanks for sharing

Bludawg · 01-07-2013, 09:46 PM

I like the way you roll Pi parties are hard work and all fun

That is some nice Belly it will make some fine Bacon.

DJnKY · 01-07-2013, 10:09 PM

"This year we did 2 1/2 hogs"
We used to kill hogs but I never done that before. Was it a smart hog?
As in the joke punch-line "you don't eat a pig that smart all at once".

ModelMaker · 01-08-2013, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Dirtbuddy

SO awesome! Especially love the Sawzall pic

My concern with the Sawsall blade is they are usually painted and as you cut with it the paint is worn off and imparts itself on the wood you are cutting. Wouldn't the paint impart itself on the meat also?
Ed

Bonewagon · 01-08-2013, 09:15 AM

Nice:

Gnaws on Pigs · 01-08-2013, 10:06 AM

Cool, brings back a lot of memories of the big family hog-killin's when I was growing up. We processed three wild hogs last week that my son and I brought back from a hunting trip. I don't scald and scrape them, though, just skin 'em. Made a bunch of sausage Sunday from the trimmings.

GMDGeek · 01-08-2013, 10:27 AM

Great now my wife wants me to get some new gear lol

jacob · 01-08-2013, 10:28 AM

Cool. nothing beats fresh.

Mason Dixon Bowhunta · 01-08-2013, 11:29 AM

Looks like quite the operation. How many hours to it take start to finish?

cowgirl · 01-08-2013, 11:43 AM

Great job Westy!! It really helps to have friends when butchering. Did you scald?
Congrats on the venison in the freezer too.

01-07-2013, 08:12 PM	#1
Smoking Westy Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 06-10-12 Location: Bloomington, IL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Butchering weekend plus Bacon in progress - PrOn! This past Saturday we did our annual hog butchering. This year we did 2 1/2 hogs (5 sides). All together we processed 495 pounds of pork. Besides the fresh cuts like chops, tenderloin, fresh side pork and roasts we made brats, breakfast sausage (links and bulk), summer sausage and then we finished up with 60 pounds of venison summer sausage. I brought home several chunks of belly which I started curing tonight and will be smoking next week. Here are a few shots from the weekend. First up the equipment... Stuffer and grinder My new slicer that I picked up with gift cards from Christmas Removing the hocks Removing the loin Leaf lard (going to render for biscuits and fish frying) Brats rolling out of the stuffer Pork summer sausages ready to be hung Venison summer sausages And shots from tonight...prepping the pork belly Meatie! The freezer is chuck full between the pork and the doe I shot this year. __________________ WSM 22.5", One-Touch 22.5", Redhead 18.5" Smoke Joe Silver, Q200, "Mr. T"

01-07-2013, 08:18 PM	#2
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Dirtbuddy Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 05-24-12 Location: Port Coquitlam, BC Canada Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	SO awesome! Especially love the Sawzall pic __________________ Kamado Joe Classic, 18.5" WSM w/ CyberQ WiFi, 22.5" OTG, Weber SJS

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JonM106 Got Wood. Join Date: 09-24-12 Location: Milwaukee Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looks like an awesome weekend!

01-07-2013, 09:46 PM	#7
Bludawg Babbling Farker Join Date: 07-04-09 Location: Jonesboro,Tx Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I like the way you roll Pi parties are hard work and all fun That is some nice Belly it will make some fine Bacon. __________________ I never met a Cow that I didn't like with a little Salt & Pepper! Certified PORK-A-HOLIC

01-07-2013, 10:09 PM	#8
DJnKY Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 06-12-12 Location: Louisville,KY Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	"This year we did 2 1/2 hogs" We used to kill hogs but I never done that before. Was it a smart hog? As in the joke punch-line "you don't eat a pig that smart all at once". __________________ Homemade offset stick-burner, UDS -- sorta slow Deltatrak , Maverick ET-732

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01-08-2013, 10:06 AM	#11
Gnaws on Pigs is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-22-10 Location: Smoky Mountains, NC Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Cool, brings back a lot of memories of the big family hog-killin's when I was growing up. We processed three wild hogs last week that my son and I brought back from a hunting trip. I don't scald and scrape them, though, just skin 'em. Made a bunch of sausage Sunday from the trimmings. __________________ ...Half a yard full of crap to cook on like everybody else... Slow-to-average-speed GRAY Wal-Mart thermometer Just a hungry hillbilly lookin for a dead critter to cook Four Zeros in one throwdown, baby!

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GMDGeek Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 10-10-12 Location: Wylie, TX Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Great now my wife wants me to get some new gear lol __________________ Love me some Good Smoke! http://divepigs.blogspot.com/

01-08-2013, 10:28 AM	#13
jacob Babbling Farker Join Date: 12-30-06 Location: North Georgia Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Cool. nothing beats fresh. __________________ Weber One Touch Gold Smokers- Back In Stock Napoleon Apollo Smoker Courtesy of *Ray Lampe*

01-08-2013, 11:29 AM	#14
Mason Dixon Bowhunta Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 12-24-12 Location: Up a tree somewhere in MD Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looks like quite the operation. How many hours to it take start to finish? __________________ Romans 8:28

01-08-2013, 11:43 AM	#15
cowgirl somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-18-07 Location: Oklahoma Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Great job Westy!! It really helps to have friends when butchering. Did you scald? Congrats on the venison in the freezer too. __________________ jeanie sittin' by the campfire with my Brethren friends. Lifetime member of the Society for the Preservation of Authentic Royal Magical Rare Kaskaskian Peppers (Thanks Ash :)) http://cowgirlscountry.blogspot.com/