What are you cooking - August

Schweinshaxen.

Bought a 4.5kg boston butt from costco. Trimmed a bit of the fat but left the majority on as I would remove it after the cook. Scored and dry brined over night in the fridge. Dusted with rub prior to cook.

Threw it on the Akorn @ 250f. Took around 7 hours to hit my target temp of 170f then I wrapped in foil until it hit 205f (another 5 hours). Wrapped in some towels and let it rest in the Esky for a few hours.

Didn't get any pics of it pulled but it turned out great.

yum. Was eyeing those off in cosco last weekend, thinking I might do one for my son's 5th birthday down at the park. I reckon a foil tray of pulled pork with some bread rolls and slaw will be a little more fun than just snags, and be easier on the day as well.

I did my first ever reverse sear yesterday. Picked up a tomahawk from Costco, 1.4kg for $60.

Was aiming for medium-rare to give me a bit of room each side for under/over cooking as I haven't done this before.

Took it to 46°C, then pulled it off and covered in foil while I waited for the smoker to get up to max temp (240°C on the controller).

After it got to temp, I opened the grate to get some flames, the temp rose quickly to 330°C and just as I was finishing the searing the controller went in to error because (I assume) it was too hot.

Seared for 1 minute x 4 to get the criss cross thing happening.

Next time I will either open the grate during the temperature change to minimise overshooting temp or leave it closed the entire time.

It didn't have a lot of smoke flavour considering it was on there for 2.5 hours on the lowest temperature setting. This makes me want the MB800 even more.

Pork belly for lunch for a few of the guys in the office yesterday, had 2 webbers running