Christmas Duck

[Smoke from The Hog]

Smoked some 5lb ducks for Christmas (feat. a pup). Turned out pretty well. Look good but could have gotten the fat to render a little more.

 

[chilerelleno]

They look Fabulous!

 

[bigfurmn]

Wow those look amazing!

 

[JLinza]

Looks darn good

 

[jcam222]

Man that color!

 

[mr_whipple]

Awesome! And doggo is on the job!

 

[clifish]

Those look great, I score the skin and put on a rotisserie, that helps with the rendering...."most of the time".

 

[indaswamp]

Nice! I love duck!

 

[DougE]

Never eaten duck but it looks delicious to me.

Where are the heads, though. It isn't a Christmas duck without the head, though, ala "A Christmas Story". lol

 

[indaswamp]

Never eaten duck but it looks delicious to me.

Where are the heads, though. It isn't a Christmas duck without the head, though, ala "A Christmas Story". lol

"He's smiling at me......"

 

[texomakid]

That color is beautiful!

 

[schlotz]

Excellent looking duck, so how did you go about getting them to this level?

 

[Fueling Around]

So fine.
Would love to spin a duck, but wife says no

 

[WaterRat]

"He's smiling at me......"

“Whack!”

 

[forktender]

Damn, those look kill'er!!!

I kill ducks and geese pretty regularly, to get the fat to render pretty you have to cook them pretty dang hot. The trick is to prick about 50 holes through the skin only, not the flesh, and salt the skin pretty heavily.
I cook most of my ducks over live pecan wood coals, and pecan shells a handful at a time turning them ever minute or two for 25 to 30 minutes.

 

[HushyQ]

Wow, those look delicious. Do you serve that on quackers?