Smoked Sweet & Sour Belly

[griz400]

I got a 4 Lb. belly and a few ideas on this .. was discussing with disco .. and decided to do a sweet and sour belly ... now, also decided to take it and slice it all up .. before smoking it .. then spg and skewer it all together like I do my country ribs .. then smoke to and internal maybe 150 or so .. then add sweet and sour mix .. probably honey and I have a tree full of lemons ( Myers) and a tree full of limes .. will mix up a sauce and wrap it all up and get an internal of maybe 190 -195 ..

Never did a belly before .. just sliced it all up this evening and added spg and put in fridge overnight I guess .. will get it all started tomorrow afternoon ... also took out some sliced smoked pork tenderloin that i smoked a couple weeks ago .. and thinking loin / belly sammies
... just hoping it will all turn out ...........

 

[motocrash]

I'm tuned in griz....

 

[SmokyMose]

I’m tuned in!
Always interested in anything with pork belly :-)

 

[griz400]

Bear in mind now .. have never smoked a belly .. but digging around in the deep freezer , I took out a 3 pack of some bone in ribeye pork chops ...are like an inch and a half thick .. and these, always come out nice .. 145 internal temp ..

 

[lemans]

Pork is pork. Treat it with respect, add a sweet rub and let it render low and slow. It won’t let you down!,

 

[natej]

Pullin up a chair, looooove some belly

 

[tropics]

hey looks like I'm on time
Richie

 

[griz400]

Well, sliced it all up and spg overnight in fridge .. all about 1/2 thick on new slicer, then skewered all together and a little more spg and on fat side, added minced onion flakes as well and a little paprika .. and the bone in ribeye chops, spg and Weber BBQ rub .. just put all in and smoking with Kingsford, oak and hickory .. reason I sliced up was to get alot of flavor inside as well and figured it would seep through the middle from fat cap





All on smoker around 12:30 ...
put it on the reverse flow

 

[motocrash]

How long you gonna let the belly ride?

 

[griz400]

Gonna add probes in an hour or so... then I want to go till about 195 or so .. if it stalls .. I will wrap it with a little sweet and sour glaze.. and will have to check it out in a few hrs ..( visual) ... lol ..

 

[motocrash]

Gotcha griz- seat of the pants smoke.

 

[griz400]

1 HR in, added another spit ... went in house and my own sweet and sour sauce .. went by a few recipes ... and came up with this ...
2 nice size Meyers lemons - picture shows 1 but I used 2
this made 1/2 cup of lemon juice
1/4 cup of crushed pineapple
1/4 cup of honey -- then added 2 more tablespoons -- was a little tart
2 tablespoons of soy sauce -- ( this is my salt ) -- Disco's idea --thanks
then 2 tablespoons of corn starch and about the same hot water -- ( to thicken )


Don't have any red food dye .. so it will look this color
We sampled it all and you see in the recipe .. we added a little more honey

 

[SmokinAl]

It sure looks good so far!
I've never done anything with a belly except make bacon!
I guess I need to break out of my shell & try some of these new things!
Al

 

[griz400]

Here is a look almost 2 hrs in .. chops are done at 150 .. little longer than i like, I like 145,but we was playing cornhole .. and belly is at 152 internal

 

[tropics]

I am still here,do you ship the Meyers lemons?
Never seen them
Richie

 

[griz400]

we grow em the back yard ... here is a pic from one tree .. we have 2 ..

 

[griz400]

We are close .. internal at 190 ... Igot some smoked loin from last week setting in an electric skillet right now ..
waiting for an internal of 195 on the belly .. probably have to cut it up with a real sharp knife .. that's how you do when meat is really cooked well done .. you gotta cut it clean .. sammies should be real nice ..

 

[Rings Я Us]

You took the skin off and saved it for some pork rinds ? lol

Points!

What would the red dye be used for?

 

[griz400]

like Chinese restaurant

 

[griz400]

here we go .. turned out nice at 195 deg ..

mixed up with the sliced up loin and the sweet and sour

all in an electric skillet at the bar .. waiting on a sammie and cole slaw

very good .. sweet and sour worked nice as well