pork cheek *fail*

boogiesnap · 03-17-2013, 08:57 PM

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didn't cook em long enough.

looks real purdy though. they smoked @ 275* for an hour dusted with oakridge secret weapon. then braised in stout, cherry preserve, apple juice, with minced onion, garlic powder, salt and pepper, for another hour. they probed tender, but alas, needed another good hour.

bigabyte · 03-17-2013, 09:16 PM

Does look mighty good!

Love me some Pork Cheek!

boogiesnap · 03-17-2013, 09:24 PM

thanks biggles. i just remembered, to make it all the more unfortunate, they were also berkshire heritage pork. my butcher cut them right out of the head for me on the spot.

well, got two more to play with.

landarc · 03-17-2013, 09:26 PM

landarc · 03-17-2013, 09:26 PM

Nice, looks great. They do take some time

HeSmellsLikeSmoke · 03-17-2013, 09:34 PM

If you haven't eaten it all yet perhaps you can slice it thin and use it like bacon.

buccaneer · 03-17-2013, 09:41 PM

Did the butcher get the glands out?
My butcher didn't, lucky I found them before I used them.
I agree, sure was purdy!

boogiesnap · 03-17-2013, 09:57 PM

good question. i dunno. they looked like this:

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buccaneer · 03-17-2013, 10:03 PM

Looks good.
They are light coloured nuggets, for next time you buy just to check.

MS2SB · 03-17-2013, 10:07 PM

Sorry the didn't turn out how you wanted. Went out to dinner at some fancy place last night and had apple cider braised pork cheeks . They were awesome, immediately thought, where can I get these and how can I smoke 'em.

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Offthehook · 03-17-2013, 10:24 PM

Look and sound great, sorry about the outcome.

BBQchef33 · 03-17-2013, 10:42 PM

Its not a loss!!!! ............. its guanciale,(kinda sorta

) just smoked, not cured.. close enuf...

dice it up, throw it in a pan to crispy it up, then add it to fresh tomato sauce with some red pepper flakes(or i dice a red cherry pepper)and simmer it for a few minutes.. serve it over bucatini...

Bucatini all’Amatriciana...its one of my favorite comfort foods.. google it.. loads of recipes.

heres marios.. http://www.mariobatali.com/recipes_bucatini.cfm

gtr · 03-17-2013, 10:53 PM

Sorry it didn't turn out well, but looks like you got a good recipe out of the deal.

boogiesnap · 03-17-2013, 11:13 PM

agreed.

kcmike · 03-17-2013, 11:42 PM

Sure looks good!

03-17-2013, 08:57 PM	#1
boogiesnap Babbling Farker Join Date: 04-22-10 Location: NEW ENGLAND Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	pork cheek fail photo (29).JPG didn't cook em long enough. looks real purdy though. they smoked @ 275* for an hour dusted with oakridge secret weapon. then braised in stout, cherry preserve, apple juice, with minced onion, garlic powder, salt and pepper, for another hour. they probed tender, but alas, needed another good hour. __________________ S'mo Q Competition BBQ Team Q so good you gotta have s'mo. Sponsored by Oakridge BBQ twin WSM 22.5's 48" DCS gasser certified MOINK baller farkanaut in training avatar by grillman CLICK HERE to visit the BBQ Brethren Throwdowns

03-17-2013, 09:16 PM	#2
bigabyte somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-10-06 Location: Overland Fark, KS Downloads: 1 Uploads: 1	Does look mighty good! Love me some Pork Cheek! __________________ Chris Baker For great food and and an even better time join the BBQ Brethren Throwdowns *First ever recipient of the Silverfinger Award!* Yes, I own a whole bunch of BBQ crap also. *Certified MOINK Baller & IMBAS Certified MOINK Ball Judge #0003 - Get your MOINK Certification today!* The Secret Squirrel Society doesn't exist - Zero Club member

03-17-2013, 09:24 PM	#3
boogiesnap Babbling Farker Join Date: 04-22-10 Location: NEW ENGLAND Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	thanks biggles. i just remembered, to make it all the more unfortunate, they were also berkshire heritage pork. my butcher cut them right out of the head for me on the spot. well, got two more to play with. __________________ S'mo Q Competition BBQ Team Q so good you gotta have s'mo. Sponsored by Oakridge BBQ twin WSM 22.5's 48" DCS gasser certified MOINK baller farkanaut in training avatar by grillman CLICK HERE to visit the BBQ Brethren Throwdowns

03-17-2013, 09:26 PM	#4
landarc somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-26-09 Location: San Leandro, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Oops __________________ "perhaps...but then again...maybe not..." careful there son, those ribs are boiling hot... \_\|_/ (='.'=) Here there be bunnies... (")_(")ooo Pacific Rim BBQ Bob's Brew and Que

03-17-2013, 09:26 PM	#5
landarc somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-26-09 Location: San Leandro, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice, looks great. They do take some time __________________ "perhaps...but then again...maybe not..." careful there son, those ribs are boiling hot... \_\|_/ (='.'=) Here there be bunnies... (")_(")ooo Pacific Rim BBQ Bob's Brew and Que

03-17-2013, 09:34 PM	#6
HeSmellsLikeSmoke somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 04-02-07 Location: Warren, Vermont Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If you haven't eaten it all yet perhaps you can slice it thin and use it like bacon. __________________ Jim - Another transplanted Texan Former KCBS CBJ Large and Medium Big Green Eggs , Black 18.5" WSM, Blue Weber Performer - Stainless, Green Weber OTG Kettle , Brinkmann SnP Pro, and a Stainless UDS. One retired Portable Kitchen grill. Red Thermapen, Maverick ET-73, EdgePro Apex Sharpener. Avatar is the original 1951 Weber Kettle

03-17-2013, 09:41 PM	#7
buccaneer Babbling Farker Join Date: 10-23-10 Location: Sunset City Western Australia Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Did the butcher get the glands out? My butcher didn't, lucky I found them before I used them. I agree, sure was purdy! __________________ The only current member banned for life! Why is there a sign on vending machines at Buddhist Temples saying "Change Is Inevitable?"

03-17-2013, 09:57 PM	#8
boogiesnap Babbling Farker Join Date: 04-22-10 Location: NEW ENGLAND Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	good question. i dunno. they looked like this: photo (30).JPG __________________ S'mo Q Competition BBQ Team Q so good you gotta have s'mo. Sponsored by Oakridge BBQ twin WSM 22.5's 48" DCS gasser certified MOINK baller farkanaut in training avatar by grillman CLICK HERE to visit the BBQ Brethren Throwdowns

03-17-2013, 10:03 PM	#9
buccaneer Babbling Farker Join Date: 10-23-10 Location: Sunset City Western Australia Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looks good. They are light coloured nuggets, for next time you buy just to check. __________________ The only current member banned for life! Why is there a sign on vending machines at Buddhist Temples saying "Change Is Inevitable?"

03-17-2013, 10:07 PM	#10
MS2SB is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 06-28-10 Location: Bothell, WA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	RE: pork cheek fail Sorry the didn't turn out how you wanted. Went out to dinner at some fancy place last night and had apple cider braised pork cheeks . They were awesome, immediately thought, where can I get these and how can I smoke 'em. Sent from my RM-820_nam_att_100 using Board Express __________________ Traeger lil Tex, 2 Weber 22.5", UDS Mop, Sauce & Two Smoking Barrels BBQ Team "Go Cougs!" They call me "Dave" Noobian Warlord

03-17-2013, 10:24 PM	#11
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03-17-2013, 10:42 PM	#12
BBQchef33 Grand Poobah and Site Admin Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Long Island, NY Downloads: 10 Uploads: 4	Its not a loss!!!! ............. its guanciale,(kinda sorta ) just smoked, not cured.. close enuf... dice it up, throw it in a pan to crispy it up, then add it to fresh tomato sauce with some red pepper flakes(or i dice a red cherry pepper)and simmer it for a few minutes.. serve it over bucatini... *Bucatini all’Amatriciana...its one of my favorite comfort foods.. google it.. loads of recipes. heres marios.. http://www.mariobatali.com/recipes_bucatini.cfm __________________ Site Administrator and Grand PooBah CBJ with a Fuzzy Blue Hat, 18 Foot Competition Trailer, Customized Klose BYC, Custom Klose built MoAB (Mother of All Banderas) passed on to Big Dog, 1 Double Barreled Lang 84, 1 Heavily Modified Bionic Bandera, 1 Custom Super Medium Stickburning* Spicewine w/stoker, 1 XL BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 1 Pit Barrel Cooker, 3 WSMs, 3 Weber Kettles, an NB Hondo, A Modified Brinkman Horizontal, DCS 48" Grill, a Broilmaster P3, a covered, pellet pooping FEC100, and our duck died. :( News Flash: "A mans worth is judged by the weight of his integrity " You know your getting older when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy Smoke on KC. WWW.BBQ-BRETHREN.COM

03-17-2013, 10:53 PM	#13
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03-17-2013, 11:13 PM	#14
boogiesnap Babbling Farker Join Date: 04-22-10 Location: NEW ENGLAND Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	agreed. __________________ S'mo Q Competition BBQ Team Q so good you gotta have s'mo. Sponsored by Oakridge BBQ twin WSM 22.5's 48" DCS gasser certified MOINK baller farkanaut in training avatar by grillman CLICK HERE to visit the BBQ Brethren Throwdowns

03-17-2013, 11:42 PM	#15
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