nrok2118
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I will be cooking my first whole hog on my Lang 84 tomorrow night...well EARLY Saturday morning (want it ON by 3 am). Picking up a 100 pound dressed pig tomorrow afternoon. Plan is to inject, rub the cavity, oil and salt the skin, than cook racer style around 275 for hopefully less than 12 hours until around 190-200 IT in the shoulders and hams.
Now I've done a lot of research and have a good idea about what I'm doing, but I have one quick question (for now) in terms of injecting. Normally whenever I cook pork I simply inject and rub before throwing my meat on, but since I'm gonna be grumpy as hell waking up at 1 am I want as little prep as possible. So I'm thinking Ill trim, inject, and rub tomorrow afternoon than keep on ice so its basically ready to go. That way I can wake up, focus on getting the fire going and all I have to do to the pig is oil and salt the skin and throw it on.
My concern is I've never let meat sit with injection. Injection will be basically apple juice, salt, and sugar. Should I think about cutting back on the salt and/or sugar since it will be sitting for up to 10 hours before going on the pit?
Also, what oil is best for the skin? I've got olive, canola, and peanut.
Ill probably be back with other questions as they come up...I'm very excited to finally knock this off my bucket list. Wish me luck!
Now I've done a lot of research and have a good idea about what I'm doing, but I have one quick question (for now) in terms of injecting. Normally whenever I cook pork I simply inject and rub before throwing my meat on, but since I'm gonna be grumpy as hell waking up at 1 am I want as little prep as possible. So I'm thinking Ill trim, inject, and rub tomorrow afternoon than keep on ice so its basically ready to go. That way I can wake up, focus on getting the fire going and all I have to do to the pig is oil and salt the skin and throw it on.
My concern is I've never let meat sit with injection. Injection will be basically apple juice, salt, and sugar. Should I think about cutting back on the salt and/or sugar since it will be sitting for up to 10 hours before going on the pit?
Also, what oil is best for the skin? I've got olive, canola, and peanut.
Ill probably be back with other questions as they come up...I'm very excited to finally knock this off my bucket list. Wish me luck!
