Pork Belly burnt ends....OK but messed up last step

[DRKsmoking]

Another first for me: Pork Belly Burnt Ends ( I GUESS I REALLY DID MAKE BURNT ENDS )
Found 3 packs of pork belly at our grocery store , froze 2 cut one for burnt ends
Package is 1.516 kg ( 3.34 lb ) so i sliced into 1" cubes rubbed with my mix i use on ribs that i really like
and placed in bag in fridge for the night, massaging/flipping every once in a while

Saturday ,started up the smoker to 235 deg. with Hickory chunks and chips

After 2 hours pulled out of smoker , placed in a tinfoil pan: added Butter, Honey, Brown Sugar, 1/4 cup BBQ sauce. Lightly mixed all , covered than back in smoker for 2 more hours at 260 deg.
Each time i removed from the smoker i sampled , because it said to me , try me now. It was good, a little crisp , great sweet and flavorful taste..
Pulled after that 2 hour period , I tasted sampled again it was great,
I should have stopped there.
I added glaze , 1/4 cup honey, 1/4 cup of cherry dipping sauce i had, and 1/4 cup brown sugar. Back in smoker for 15 minutes for glaze setting.
I pulled them out and took inside some where fantastic
BUT a lot around the edge of the pan where really chewy.
So i think i cooked them too long on the last round without the cover to set the glaze.
It is all trial and error until i get it right
Of coarse everyone said they liked it, i did to but not fantastic.
So today even though it was cold out at 0 deg. ( 32 F ) i BBQed some beef burgers , the burnt ends were just practice ( I GUESS I REALLY DID MAKE BURNT ENDS )
I will try again

Thanks for looking ( Edit: Maybe i cut them up too small David )

David

 

[smokin peachey]

There is always next time. Sounds like you got a good start on making an improvement. Burger looks delicious!

 

[JLeonard]

Look good to me. But thats the great thing about our hobby. You can usually still eat your mistakes,
Jim

 

[DRKsmoking]

There is always next time. Sounds like you got a good start on making an improvement. Burger looks delicious!

Thanks smokin, yes i will try it again, and thank god the burger was great. And the pork bellies were thick and had lots of meat so i might save them and try to do bacon with them.
but i will try the burnt ends again
David

 

[DRKsmoking]

Thanks for the like JLeonard, (sorry i don't know how to put links to names in my posts, just cant figure that out )
David

 

[DRKsmoking]

Look good to me. But thats the great thing about our hobby. You can usually still eat your mistakes,
Jim

lol , thanks for the like , oh no problem i am and will finish eating them all. The wife not so much , she is good with one meal maybe 2 than off to something else. I keep eating even if not great until its gone
David

 

[JLeonard]

Thanks for the like JLeonard, (sorry i don't know how to put links to names in my posts, just cant figure that out )
David

hit the @ and then start typing the name. Should pull up the name your looking for. Someone had to show me how to do it.
Jim

 

[DRKsmoking]

let me try that JLeonard This is to try ,
thank you very much Jim
David

Edit: Perfect it works , now that is progress Thanks again Jim

 

[TNJAKE]

Those sure do look tasty. My first time came out a bit chewy also. After much more practice and more success I realized my first were undercooked a bit. They need more like 4 hrs on smoker then another 2 in the braising pan.

 

[gmc2003]

They look good from my screen. Nice Job.

Point for sure

 

[DRKsmoking]

Those sure do look tasty. My first time came out a bit chewy also. After much more practice and more success I realized my first were undercooked a bit. They need more like 4 hrs on smoker then another 2 in the braising pan.

Thanks Jake
So they are chewy because i did not cook off long enough in the first round before the covered pan step. I was not thinking that . I thought that i dried some of the out in last step or i cut too small.
Thats great i will happily try again
David

 

[DRKsmoking]

They look good from my screen. Nice Job.

Point for sure

Thanks gmc for the like and the comments, they tasted good and i have no problem eating them all, just not right yet, i will try again with Jake's suggestion
David

 

[Brokenhandle]

Man that's a nice looking plate of food! Nice 1st try on the burnt ends...I bet you'll get them figured out!

Ryan

 

[jcam222]

They still look mighty tasty to me! Practicing makes perfect and eating the practice is the fun part!

 

[DRKsmoking]

Man that's a nice looking plate of food! Nice 1st try on the burnt ends...I bet you'll get them figured out!

Ryan

Thanks Ryan for the like and comment, looked good and tasted good , just not right. Yes it will be fun to get just right and figure it out
David

They still look mighty tasty to me! Practicing makes perfect and eating the practice is the fun part!

Thanks jcam222 for looking and the comment , yes all new to me this way of cooking and that really is the fun part and of coarse eating
David

 

[DRKsmoking]

Thanks SmokyMose for the like
David

 

[912smoker]

Looks good. Yep even the mistakes are usually edible lol. Burgers look great !

 

[normanaj]

Never tried burnt ends myself,gonna have give a go myself sometime.

 

[bigfurmn]

They look tasty from here. Just remember we are usually our worst critics.

 

[DRKsmoking]

Looks good. Yep even the mistakes are usually edible lol. Burgers look great !

Thanks 912smoker for the like and the comment, yes burgers were great, and i am eating the burnt ends also for lunch today in a bun
David