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Hey guys, hope you all had a Good Christmas. Just wanted to post a couple pics of the smokehouse full of Hog Jowls. Finally got it figured out and consistently turning out good stuff
Thanks guys. Can’t take all the credit. Have to give credit to pops cure. It’s fool proof. And wish I could put a scratch and sniff button on here. The smoke coming out smells awesome.
Just for that some one that’s might have asked “ how long can you leave a smoked cured ham in a smokehouse. Here’s a ham that hung in the smoke house from Fed 17- Nov 17. It had a sho-nuf country ham flavor.
just Incase anyone wanted to know.
1- pops cure
2- 11lb fresh ham
3-cured 24 days
4- hanging in the smoke 6hrs a day for 120 days. (Temp never got more than 15deg about outside temp)
5-let it just hang and season for 153days.
6- gambled on the first cut and I think it came out a winner.
Thanks guys for all the pos feedback.
Meat Mopper, 120 days I would build a fire and let it smoke for around 6 hour each day. Preferably in the evenings, the 15deg is 15deg above what ever the outside temp was each day. I tried not to let it get too warm because I didn’t want it to sweat any while it was in the smoke house. And it seemed like anything over 15 def it wanted to sweat a little. No sir I left them in the smoke house 24/7. The 153days are just to let it sit in the smoke house and no smoke just the airflow and daily rise and fall of the temps that day. It seemed to really mellow the smoke taste and it was smoked deep. Better than I had expected.
Thank you sir. For years it worked to sustain our forefathers and I don’t see why it can’t work today. I would have to say it is one of if not the most enjoyable hobby that I have. In the process of getttin my bbq concession trailer complete, but I always end up around the smoke house working with it. The payoff is WELL WORTH the effort !! Thanks again guys for the support