In April and early May warm weather comes as a welcome surprise and home cooks rush outside for the season’s first session with their long-neglected Webers. By the end of November most are driven inside to the comfort of oven-heated kitchens but for those willing to brave the chill, outdoor cooking at this time of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘pork belly’
Bacon on the Cobb
I cured another batch of pork bellies and wanted to smoke them this time around. Some day I will build a multi-chamber cold smoker or at least one of those galvanized steal garbage bin units. For now, I decided to test the Cobb bbq cooker‘s ability to act as a smoker. I was partly inspired [...]
Home Cured Bacon
In common with just about every carnivorous (or omnivorous) human I really like bacon. With Michael Ruhlman’s Charcuterie and this post from PauperedChef.com to guide me I decided to try and cure my own. The first step in making bacon at home is probably the most challenging. Major grocery stores, it seems, carry a dozen [...]
