Memorial Day Feast

cheez59 · May 30, 2016

All of our kids had plans today so I thought in honor of our fallen service members I would cook for a few veteran friends.

I started out by putting my first pork belly on this morning before first light. Rubbed it real good with Dominator and placed it in some apple smoke at 250. Sorry but I was not awake good so now pre cook pics. I threw on a couple naked JD fatties with the belly just because that's what I do. Two hours later I took the fatties off. One was chopped up to go in my Big John beans. One is for snacking.
Then I put on 3 racks of STL spares rubbed with Dominator and the pot of beans. I've got a pan of ABT' chilling and waiting to go on in about another hour for the 2 o'clock dinner.
Ms Gwen made potato salad and chocolate delight. One of my Vietnam vet friends is bringing some awesome broccoli slaw. We'll be having some Texas garlic toast along with everything else.

Hope everybody has a safe and fun Holiday. Please don't forget the reason for this occasion.

Ribs rubbed and ready for smoke

Jimmy Dean naked fatties

Big John beans

Belly sauced and going in to set.

rcw320 · May 30, 2016

Great looking food! Those fatties look awesome.

roncoinc · May 30, 2016

Thank you.

Thingfish · May 30, 2016

It looks like you are doing justice to the day and doing it with style!

blazinfire · May 30, 2016

Looking good. One heck of a feast! Bet your friends will appreciate a nice meal! Can't wait to hear how the Pork belly turns out!

G'Daddy · May 30, 2016

Looks like a fine meal.

THoey1963 · May 30, 2016

Good work John... I like the look of the fatty's too...

Doog · May 30, 2016

Looks like a nice cook Cheez!!

bbqwilly · May 30, 2016

Thats a feast indeed.

Enrico Brandizzi · May 30, 2016

I cant stop staring at your bellies

pjtexas1 · May 30, 2016

nice of you to honor your friends that served. looks like everyone will be eating good.

BillN · May 30, 2016

Beautiful cook thanks for honoring some of our heros.

cheez59 · May 30, 2016

Here are a couple more pics from the cook today. The first one is some of the belly that I smoked. It was really good and I will definitely be cooking more of these.

A couple of the racks of ribs.

Trunks · May 30, 2016

What temp did you take the belly to before pulling? Or dos u just wait to prob tender?

Also dos you wrap it.

Looks amazing

cheez59 · May 31, 2016

Trunks said:
What temp did you take the belly to before pulling? Or dos u just wait to prob tender?

Also dos you wrap it.

Looks amazing

This was a skin off belly. I scored the fat cap and cooked it fat cap up at 270 for 4 hours. Then I wrapped in foil with just a touch of apple juice. I cooked it fat cap down for 3 more hours. Internal at that point was 198. It probed like butter from the fat side but the meat side got overcooked and was pretty tight.
Then I sauced it and put it back on for about 45 minutes. I took it off and tented it for about 45 minutes. The meat side was over cooked but the rest of it was tender, moist succulent goodness.
The next belly I cook will be fat cap down and cooked at 250 to try to keep from over cooking the meat side.

Big-Joe · May 31, 2016

It all looks amazing!

Texmex01 · May 31, 2016

Everything looks to be tasty!:thumb:

ssv3 · May 31, 2016

Awesome grub John!

oifmarine2003 · May 31, 2016

Very nice gesture and great looking results!

Memorial Day Feast

cheez59

Quintessential Chatty Farker

rcw320

Knows what a fatty is.

roncoinc

Full Fledged Farker

Thingfish

is Blowin Smoke!

blazinfire

Babbling Farker

G'Daddy

Full Fledged Farker

THoey1963

somebody shut me the fark up.

Doog

is Blowin Smoke!

bbqwilly

Babbling Farker

Enrico Brandizzi

Babbling Farker

pjtexas1

somebody shut me the fark up.

BillN

somebody shut me the fark up.

cheez59

Quintessential Chatty Farker

Trunks

Take a breath!

cheez59

Quintessential Chatty Farker

Big-Joe

is Blowin Smoke!

Texmex01

Take a breath!

ssv3

somebody shut me the fark up.

oifmarine2003

Babbling Farker

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