Pigs Head, Has anyone ever cooked just the head???

uncfan2457 · 08-08-2011, 09:48 AM

I had a request at a catering job that I am doing on the 18th for a pigs head. The event is for butts and ribs but they also have a small group of people that have requested a pigs head to eat. My supplier can get me just the head but I have never cooked one and I am sure it's just like any other cut of meat. How long do I cook it, what temp do I cook it to, whats the best way or technique to go about cooking it??? Thanks for the help!
Michael

azken · 08-08-2011, 11:33 AM

I Googled "cooking a pigs head" (without the quotes) and found over 7 million hits. Hope this helps and good luck.

Phubar · 08-08-2011, 12:01 PM

Porchetta style....

Johnny_Crunch · 08-08-2011, 12:08 PM

Wow Phu! That's some pretty nice butcher work!

swamprb · 08-08-2011, 12:11 PM

Smoked on a Klose

Roasted in a La Caja China

Phubar · 08-08-2011, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny_Crunch

Wow Phu! That's some pretty nice butcher work!

Thanks....it was an awesome job by Brother Karel1000 (and a few other Brothers assisting) during our last winter Bash.

el_matt · 08-08-2011, 12:20 PM

Dang Phu, is there anything you can't/won't cook?

Matt

Ole Man Dan · 08-08-2011, 11:15 PM

Never smoked a pigs head.
I've boiled them in a Cajun Cooker, then scraped the meat off , scraped out the brain, and made a 'European Mount' on a boar that I shot.
(The tusk's made it look fearsome)

I gave my dogs the meat. (I may have been missing something)

cowgirl · 08-08-2011, 11:21 PM

Make sure you remove the eyeballs... they kind of POP when they reach a certain temp. (it's not a pretty sight)

bbqnano · 08-09-2011, 03:57 PM

pigs head is good!!!! here in mexico its a street food its sold in taco carts they put it in a steamer over night with herbs garlic and onion then they just scrape the meat up make it good by choping it up to mix up the fat with the meat and is served on a tortilla with some sauce thats usally not spicy and is tomatoe jalapeño and oregano

08-08-2011, 09:48 AM	#1
uncfan2457 Found some matches. Join Date: 09-23-08 Location: Forest City, NC Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Pigs Head, Has anyone ever cooked just the head??? I had a request at a catering job that I am doing on the 18th for a pigs head. The event is for butts and ribs but they also have a small group of people that have requested a pigs head to eat. My supplier can get me just the head but I have never cooked one and I am sure it's just like any other cut of meat. How long do I cook it, what temp do I cook it to, whats the best way or technique to go about cooking it??? Thanks for the help! Michael

08-08-2011, 12:01 PM	#3
Phubar somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 04-24-09 Location: Utrecht,The NetherPharkinglands Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Porchetta style.... __________________ -TG -WGA (3) -UDS (S,M,L) All fueled by Ecobrasa Coco Briquettes Lowland Smokers Dutch BBQ Champion 2011 - 2012

08-08-2011, 12:08 PM	#4
Johnny_Crunch Babbling Farker Join Date: 04-03-10 Location: Cypress TX Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wow Phu! That's some pretty nice butcher work! __________________ J Crunch

08-08-2011, 12:11 PM	#5
swamprb somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-27-06 Location: Bothell WA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Smoked on a Klose Roasted in a La Caja China __________________ Brian - Left Hand Smoke BBQ PNWBA 2010 Team of the Year BGE's/WSM's/BWS Gater/BDS Clones/Weber Performer w EZ-Que/Cajun Bandit/Rib-O-Lator Test Pilot/La Caja China/BBQ Guru/Weber 1000 RK Drum Coffee Roaster Follow Left Hand Smoke on Facebook!http://www.facebook.com/pages/Left-H...462391?sk=wall KCBS CBJ/PNWBA CBJ www.pnwba.com

08-08-2011, 11:21 PM	#9
cowgirl somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-18-07 Location: Oklahoma Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Make sure you remove the eyeballs... they kind of POP when they reach a certain temp. (it's not a pretty sight) __________________ 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/

08-08-2011, 11:33 AM	#2
azken On the road to being a farker Join Date: 07-01-11 Location: Arizona Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I Googled "cooking a pigs head" (without the quotes) and found over 7 million hits. Hope this helps and good luck.

08-08-2011, 12:20 PM	#7
el_matt is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 12-08-09 Location: Turlock, California Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Dang Phu, is there anything you can't/won't cook? Matt

08-08-2011, 11:15 PM	#8
Ole Man Dan Take a breath! Join Date: 07-24-11 Location: Gadsden, Alabama Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Never smoked a pigs head. I've boiled them in a Cajun Cooker, then scraped the meat off , scraped out the brain, and made a 'European Mount' on a boar that I shot. (The tusk's made it look fearsome) I gave my dogs the meat. (I may have been missing something)

08-09-2011, 03:57 PM	#10
bbqnano Is lookin for wood to cook with. Join Date: 01-17-10 Location: san luis potosi S.L.P. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	pigs head is good!!!! here in mexico its a street food its sold in taco carts they put it in a steamer over night with herbs garlic and onion then they just scrape the meat up make it good by choping it up to mix up the fat with the meat and is served on a tortilla with some sauce thats usally not spicy and is tomatoe jalapeño and oregano

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