Fatback Joe
Babbling Farker
The guy that I get my pigs from does a few cows as well and texted me a while back and asked if I wanted the heads. He said he had 4 of them and I was welcome to them. I guess after dealing with pig heads, the size of these kind of caught me off guard..........anyhow, here is 1 of them.
Worked my way through them and decided to smoke a few of the cheeks as a reward for a job well done.
Hit 2 with rub and 2 with the salt and pepper.
Into the smoker at 250 with cherry wood for the smoke. 3 or 4 hours in at this point.
I wrapped them around the 6 hour point and let them go another a couple until they felt ready.
Wife was out of town and saw no compelling reason to get a plate dirty, so just slice and eat.
Man, I love these things. After messing with the heads and getting all that I could out of them, I came to conclusion that just buying the cheeks was the way to go. It was fun and good learning experience in any case, but it will hold me over for a while.
Worked my way through them and decided to smoke a few of the cheeks as a reward for a job well done.
Hit 2 with rub and 2 with the salt and pepper.
Into the smoker at 250 with cherry wood for the smoke. 3 or 4 hours in at this point.
I wrapped them around the 6 hour point and let them go another a couple until they felt ready.
Wife was out of town and saw no compelling reason to get a plate dirty, so just slice and eat.
Man, I love these things. After messing with the heads and getting all that I could out of them, I came to conclusion that just buying the cheeks was the way to go. It was fun and good learning experience in any case, but it will hold me over for a while.
