BBQ chop box

[NC Mike]

After hanging out at a pork butt cooking contest this past Saturday, I decided I should get out to the shop and make a chop box. Used some 1 inch oak I had and bought a piece of yellow pine for the sides. I have not posted a photo before but I will give it a try.

 

[Big George's BBQ]

Nicely made You have some good skills What are you going to use it for

 

[Nuco59]

I'm going to go with "what is chopping pork- Alex?"

Let us know how it works and holds up to "twin cleavers of death".

 

[Norm]

Looks great!

 

[NC Mike]

A chop box lets you chop up a pork butt with a cleaver without so much of it flying off in the yard or floor. Chopping a butt lets all the different parts mix and to me it's a tastier product.

 

[thirdeye]

I'm assuming the NC in your handle is North Carolina?

Here is Chris Lilly in action chopping pork. One of my buddies has a portable cutting table with a back splash but no sides, I can see where those would come in handy.

 

[NC Mike]

I have to buy another cleaver so I will have "twin cleavers of death". I want another Old Hickory.
Angier is a small town in central North Carolina.

 

[ShadowDriver]

Mike, I'll be curious to see how this works for you. I've got a really nice, thick wooden cutting board that gets the call when I need to do this. I think I'd like to have something along the lines of your project so I don't keep putting big old dings in CINCHOUSE's cutting board...

Looks like a nice project, man.

 

[bschoen]

Nicely built. Are you going to put an oil finish on it, or leave it bare?

Asian markets are great places to find heavy cleavers for not much money.

 

[Smoking Piney]

Nice work! :thumb:

I'm all in for some Carolina chopped pork! :-D

I love the videos I've seen on Q joints chopping pork - two cleavers going at the speed of heat, and the person doing the chopping must have forearms like Popeye. :-D

 

[NC Mike]

For a finish on the box I'm going to use a beeswax based paste that I used to use on stuff I produced on the lathe. It's called "salad bowl finish". Works great on wood knife handles and wooden kitchen utensils. I bought it years ago at a woodworking supply store.

 

[Smoking Piney]

For a finish on the box I'm going to use a beeswax based paste that I used to use on stuff I produced on the lathe. It's called "salad bowl finish". Works great on wood knife handles and wooden kitchen utensils. I bought it years ago at a woodworking supply store.

We need pics when you put this box in use. :-D

 

[angryelfFan]

Nice work!

 

[PaPaQ]

Nice job on the box.

 

[cowgirl]

Nice work!

 

[SirPorkaLot]

Much better than the old chopping board I have that tosses pork everywhere.
Of course my dogs enjoy it.

And yes I use dual cleavers.

Once day the rest of the world will figure out that chopped > pulled, for now we’ll keep it our secret

Btw, I used to live in Angier

 

[Nuco59]

I've come around to the chopping instead of pulling.

No cleaver but rough cut with a chefs knife- I'm sure there's a textural difference using the cleavers...and a bit more cardio.