Just out of curiousity... does anyone just smoke the whole spare? If not... why not? I'm not big fan of the little knuckle things myself, but the meat around them is very tender and flavorful.
Yeah, I do. Love that full-fat untrimmed messy slab of greasy perfection. Rip a side right off the poor pig and toss it in the smoker.:biggrin:
I do like full un trimmed spares-this is all I ever saw as a yout growing up in South Georgia. Nothing like going face-down in all that pig grease, and knawing the good meat off the gristle and "knuckles" and things.