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definitely piques my interest. I can get Pb "strips" or whole. it seems the skin=on cube strips would be perfect. I might have to google that one. found a link to the meat church process
https://www.meatchurch.com/blogs/recipes/pork-belly-burnt-ends-1
First burntends I ever did from porkbelly. The flavor was out of the park. The fat was a buttery goodness that defies description ........ I prolly clogged an artery or 3 eating them, but they were fantastic.
Only local market for whole belly is Costco in Fargo. Gave up our Sam's membership.
Flipped through all the product and passed. They were only burntends quality.
Did get a package of Kirkland bacon. They don't clearly label but it used to be from Danish sourced porkbelly.
PBBEs are incredibly good though...
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/scrumptious-pork-belly-burnt-ends-with-bonus-package.267390/
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/slow-smoking-some-porcine-perfection.268134/...
Agree with all the above. You might get by with adding cubed porkbelly in the mix but flats are really to lean. IMO you would be better off cooking the flat like a brisket should be and picking up a fatty chuck roast to cube up for burntends.
I watched a video recently from Matt @ Meat church. He did porkbellyburntends with a peach habanero rib candy and some sweet BBQ sauce and Honey Hog rub. He cooked them right in a pan ( fat side down ) to cook in its own grease. When they get around 190-195, foil pan them with the sweet...
PorkBellyburntends... Stuffed muchrooms ... ABT's ...
How many people ??
What did you use in the pork shots ?
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/forums/abts-and-all-things-appetizers.176/
ABT's are a lot of work but can also be done with mild chiles for those who don't like hot. Porkbellyburntends are another good choice. I've never done poor man burntends with chuck, but plenty of others have. Should be a pretty straightforward cook and nothing like a test run to see how...
PorkBelly Tacos gets my vote!
Several ways to go about seasoning it for tacos.
and it can be used for many other things afterwards, e.g. chile, pozole, rice, beans and more.
After cooking the whole belly, you could even cut half of it into large 2" cubes and make Mexican Flavored BurntEnds...