First Beef Cheeks

drunkenmeatfist · Jun 23, 2019

I'd never done beef cheeks before and decided to try some on a whim today. A trip to Walmart and $8 later I had what I was after. There were three pieces and two were pretty small. Bunch of fat too. Since I have never cooked these before I wanted to keep it as simple as possible. Rubbed and on the Hunsaker at 275. 4.5 hours later this is what I ended up with. There was a good amount of fat that will get tossed, but there is still more usable meat than what is seen here. Overall I am happy with it. Might have to do barbacoa next time.

cowgirl · Jun 23, 2019

I love beef cheeks. Looks great!

BillN · Jun 23, 2019

Those cheeks look delicious. I've never seen them or had them, I am however keeping my eyes peeled.

thirdeye · Jun 23, 2019

Beef cheeks take some time to clean, and there is a a lot of waste, but the flavor is unbelievable. I think they rival a good burnt end. I like to add slices of sweet onion when I wrap, then when shredding for barbacoa I mix the onion back into the meat.

LYU370 · Jun 23, 2019

The Wally World cheeks have too much fat & gristle. Don't bother trying to trim them. After you smoke them, throw them into a foil pan with some beef broth & onions. Seal up and braise for another 3 hours or so. The fat & gristle will disintegrate and the cheeks will be sweet & stickey. Shred for barbacoa tacos. Mmm...

First Beef Cheeks

drunkenmeatfist

is Blowin Smoke!

Attachments

cowgirl

somebody shut me the fark up.

BillN

somebody shut me the fark up.

thirdeye

somebody shut me the fark up.

LYU370

Resident Idjit

Similar threads