Pork burnt ends in malt vinegar reduction with figs sauce

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Hi All,
I've prepared pork burnt ends with malt vinegar reduction and figs sauce. It was for a friend party "everyone bring something to eat", and I wanted to bring something never eat before.

About 4 pounds of pork butt, cut in 3 pieces to have more bark. Smoked at 300f with lump charcoal and some cerry chunks till 170f, then cubed, sauced and smoked again for a couple of hours.

The sauce:

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malt vinegar, figs sauce, shezuan pepper, cloves, white pepper, smoked paprika, nutmeg, cinnamon, ketchup. Everything in a pan over fire, until reduced.

Let's start:

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The cube is a piece of ham, done for a smoked ham sandwich:

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Ok, time to pull the pork butt:

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Cut, good smoke ring:

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Cubed and sauced:

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2 hours more in the smoker. Done!

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It was pretty good!

Thanks for watching,
Gianni
 
Thanks for the great idea, I haven't seen a thread on them in awhile and nearly forgot about them. I think I'll throw some of these on tomorrow for the church meal along with the butts for pulled sammies!
 
Could you please post the amounts...
I really would love to.try this and picked up another small butt for this
Thanks
 
Thank you all guys for the fine words! :-D

Could you please post the amounts...
I really would love to.try this and picked up another small butt for this
Thanks

Sorry but no amounts because I made the sauce adding spices and liquids liberally, and adding more after tasting.

I can say only, stay low with cloves, 2 or 3 are enough. If you don't have figs sauce, I 'd use honey.

For the rub on the pork during smoking, I've used only salt.
 
Thank you very much, I can "wing it".
Since I don't have fig sauce I'm going to go with some maple syrup.
We make our own every year. So I'll go real light on the cloves
 
Looks like a great alternative to the usual pulled pork. Gonna have to give this one a try.
 
Those look good Joe! I make those as an appetizer we call them Pig Nutts, they are always a big hit with a wash tub full of cold beer to keep the natives pacified until the main event.
 
Since it's pork, that sauce would work with cherries or even plums substituted for figs if it were hard to find....looks REALLY tasty, great job bro!
 
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