Pork Belly Braid

[bvbull200]

I have to thank @wbf610 , whom I know well through an automotive forum, for making this suggestion on what to do with some leftover pork belly. I think he got the idea from here in the first place!

At any rate, I had about half of a pork belly left from a cook the day before. I took half of that and made three strips:

Each strip was rubbed with a savory rub, then braided together with the loose end tied together. The remaining belly was coated heavily with brown sugar, then topped with coarse grind black pepper:

In to the UDS they both went. The braid was hung from the top rack. Cherry wood was the smoke of the day:

The slab after a quick sear:

The finished braid:

And a look at the inside:

This is a great alternative to pork belly burnt ends that presents really well. I'll definitely be adding to the rotation going forward!

 

[gmc2003]

That sure does look good, and if you have a daughter she'll be asking you every morning to do her hair after seeing what you did to that PB.

Point for sure

Chris

 

[bvbull200]

That sure does look good, and if you have a daughter she'll be asking you every morning to do her hair after seeing what you did to that PB.

Point for sure

Chris

I have two daughters! The oldest said the same thing. "It's like braiding my hair!" Only problem is, I can mask a messy braid with some rub and smoke when it is pork belly. Her hair, not so much.

 

[gary s]

Mmmmmm Looks great

Gary

 

[Bearcarver]

I have two daughters! The oldest said the same thing. "It's like braiding my hair!" Only problem is, I can mask a messy braid with some rub and smoke when it is pork belly. Her hair, not so much.

Looks Mighty Tasty, Bull !!
LOL--You're probably right about the daughters not wanting Rub & Smoke in their hair.
Nice Job on those Belly pieces!
Like.

Bear

 

[biteme7951]

Looks Mighty Tasty, Bull !!
LOL--You're probably right about the daughters not wanting Rub & Smoke in their hair.
Nice Job on those Belly pieces!
Like.

Bear

You never know Bear, probably the only way to find a REAL man these days!

 

[gmc2003]

Sweet Baby Ray's scented hair gel.

Chris

 

[disco]

Definitely a big like for a food artist!

 

[mneeley490]

Nice job!

 

[tbrtt1]

That looks fantastic!

 

[SmokinAl]

That looks awesome!
Next belly I cure I think I will cut a few strips off the end & give that a try!
Al

 

[wbf610]

I have to thank @wbf610 , whom I know well through an automotive forum, for making this suggestion on what to do with some leftover pork belly. I think he got the idea from here in the first place!

At any rate, I had about half of a pork belly left from a cook the day before. I took half of that and made three strips:

Each strip was rubbed with a savory rub, then braided together with the loose end tied together. The remaining belly was coated heavily with brown sugar, then topped with coarse grind black pepper:

In to the UDS they both went. The braid was hung from the top rack. Cherry wood was the smoke of the day:

The slab after a quick sear:

The finished braid:

And a look at the inside:

This is a great alternative to pork belly burnt ends that presents really well. I'll definitely be adding to the rotation going forward!

Looks good. The idea was, in fact, from here. I’ll search to see if i can find the original post about it.

 

[wbf610]

Here it the original.

https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/pork-belly-plait-braid.277528/

 

[HalfSmoked]

Great looking belly there. Must have been very tasty I couldn't taste it from here.

Warren