Whole Hog Cook - pic heavy

[Clasko2]

Hey there! I thought not teaching summer school this year would make it the summer of me, but man things have been hectic. Haven't posted much, but definitely lurking around.

This happened the past weekend when me and a buddy of mine smoked a whole hog for his daughter's graduation party. It was alot of fun and a huge hit.

I made some cheddar jalapeno Texas hotlinks for it as well.

Huge thanks to our buddy Phil Wingo of Pork Mafia who lent us his Alveron cooker, which was a dream to work with.

Hog stats: 176lbs dressed, purchased from Grant Meat Packing in Melrose Park, IL

Enjoy the pics!

Lasko

 

[ldub1]

Looks like you had fun, great job!

 

[Big George's BBQ]

Very Nice

 

[SMOKE FREAK]

I like the sausage pics. Some fine lookin links.

 

[ronbrad62]

Nice looking cook you all had there. A great way to celebrate the special occasion.

 

[locolobo]

Lookin good!. Didn't know yall could make Q up there. Figured it was too cold year round. JK

 

[Stingerhook]

That is some fine looking grub!

 

[SVTNate]

oh man save me the cheeks

 

[jkief]

Looked like a great time

 

[Titch]

Looks mighty fine, those saugases look spot on as well;
How long did it take?

 

[gtsum]

So cool


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[Inthewoods]

That's impressive!

-D

 

[Shiz-Nit]

That looks outstanding

 

[frognot]

That was a big ole pig right there!

Strong work there!

 

[Clasko2]

Looks mighty fine, those saugases look spot on as well;
How long did it take?

We ended up letting it ride for about 26 hours. We went super low and slow. This was mostly due to the fact that my buddy's wife drew the line at keeping the hog in a bath tub filled with ice. :laugh: Since the packing plant closed at 1:00pm, we got it back to his place prepped it and threw it right on.

 

[NickTheGreat]

This is a bucket list thing for me. There's a lot of reasons it won't happen for me, but I love the idea of it.



:eusa_clap

 

[jzadski]

You had me at hot links. Sure seems like you all had a good time and one of these days I would really like to cook a whole one too