As you all know I got some hocks and trotters a little over two weeks ago. I built a sweet maple cure and threw some in the brine buckets and they were all happy happy. I had the hocks cut in 1/3's because they like cooking that way better. I don't know why, ask them.
My first appoligy, no pictures of 'em in the bucket of flavor in the project reefer. I don't know why, they were just sitting there for 2 whole weeks. Just lazy I guess. But just picture in your mind a white polyethylene John Deere tractor transmission oil bucket. Really clean, with two gallons of Pop's marvelous curing brine, suchs a beautiful golden amber color. Its filled with hocks and trotters with a nice clean freezer ziploc filled with water to hold 'em in the bucket. Hey the trotters looked so happy I thought they were going to get out and dance!
So about two weeks later, I pulled 'em, rinsed 'em, dried 'em, and back in the reefer last night to dry on the racks.
Today I fired the smoker up, high heat, vent open, AMPs smoking. Well it was just starting, give it a break!
I turned the heat back down low, and kicked in the turbo charger for 4 hours of great pecan shell smoke.
Tomorrow I am thinking beans!!!! I am smelling my hands a lot! No I am not a perv, I am a lover of smoke! They are in the reefer catch a mellow, tomorrow into the freezer. Well most of them anyway.
I'll try and remember some more pictures.
Thank for checking 'em out.
My first appoligy, no pictures of 'em in the bucket of flavor in the project reefer. I don't know why, they were just sitting there for 2 whole weeks. Just lazy I guess. But just picture in your mind a white polyethylene John Deere tractor transmission oil bucket. Really clean, with two gallons of Pop's marvelous curing brine, suchs a beautiful golden amber color. Its filled with hocks and trotters with a nice clean freezer ziploc filled with water to hold 'em in the bucket. Hey the trotters looked so happy I thought they were going to get out and dance!
So about two weeks later, I pulled 'em, rinsed 'em, dried 'em, and back in the reefer last night to dry on the racks.
Today I fired the smoker up, high heat, vent open, AMPs smoking. Well it was just starting, give it a break!
I turned the heat back down low, and kicked in the turbo charger for 4 hours of great pecan shell smoke.
Tomorrow I am thinking beans!!!! I am smelling my hands a lot! No I am not a perv, I am a lover of smoke! They are in the reefer catch a mellow, tomorrow into the freezer. Well most of them anyway.
I'll try and remember some more pictures.
Thank for checking 'em out.
