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Libohunden

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Pork Belly Burnt Ends
« on: September 02, 2017, 12:37:24 PM »
Okay, I've seen the recipe for pork belly burnt ends (last sent by thermoworks yesterday) one too many times! 

http://www.savoryreviews.com/2017/06/21/pork-belly-burnt-ends-aka-miym-bacon-cubes/

I'm intrigued. Has anyone ever tried them?  I think I may give them a try this weekend in celebration of Labor Day!

If you have tried them before, let us know your thoughts.  Were they good?  Worth the effort?  Any deviation from the above recipe?
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Re: Pork Belly Burnt Ends
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2017, 12:45:23 PM »
How can those not be awesome! :)
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Re: Pork Belly Burnt Ends
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2017, 01:09:47 PM »
These look great, I will look for the pork belly next time I am as Costco!
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Re: Pork Belly Burnt Ends
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2017, 07:26:42 AM »
I will be making these for my next tailgate. They look awesome!
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Re: Pork Belly Burnt Ends
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2017, 08:50:20 AM »
I'm about 3 hours from smoking these bad puppies. After dreaming about them last night, I started wondering if I should put a water pan in my smoker as I usually do for pork/beef?  When I'm making bacon, I don't use a water pan.  Any opinions out there?
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Re: Pork Belly Burnt Ends
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2017, 08:37:15 PM »
Just my 2 cents, but I always use a water pan.
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Re: Pork Belly Burnt Ends
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2017, 09:26:38 PM »
I didn't use the water pan.  However, these turned out great. I will keep tweaking to make them even better. Next time, I'll try a water pan. I did use the oven to finish them off, which I've never done before. Highly recommend you try these. Wasn't sure if I'd like them or not. Will be doing these again!!!
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Re: Pork Belly Burnt Ends
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2017, 09:27:48 PM »
And the finished product!!!
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Re: Pork Belly Burnt Ends
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2017, 02:31:19 PM »
Well done, these look excellent. I am traveling next week, but the week after, I plan to go looking for a belly!
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Re: Pork Belly Burnt Ends
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2017, 05:38:07 PM »
Nicely done Libo! Which recipe did you decide to use?
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Re: Pork Belly Burnt Ends
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2017, 08:21:30 PM »
Bet those would be great dipped in the deep fryer to finish too.  Looks like you added butter?
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Re: Pork Belly Burnt Ends
« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2017, 10:43:32 AM »
Bob,

I used this one.  However, they are all fairly similar.

http://howtobbqright.com/2017/04/17/pork-belly-burnt-ends/

Next time, I may smoke at 225 instead of 250.  But, that may be the only thing I do different.
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