I had recently watched a BBQ Pit Boys video ….. Man, I gotta try this … It looks guuuud !! Need to try this on a kettle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI9ZMNoJx-gPicked up some hocks …. Weighed in at about 4-4.5 lbs total. $3 / lb.
I decided to brine these. 2 litres of water, and a half cup of kosher salt …. Gave it a good stir …. 18 hours total.
A light rinse, patted dry, then on to the grill. I lit 6 briquets, then added them for the pre-heat.
Pork hocks going on.
No wood for smoke.
After 2.5 hours. At this point, I started to baste them in a beer-honey-salt mixture …. Every 20-40 minutes …
I was also adding about 5-6 lit briquets every hour to maintain temperature.
Got some onions, peppers, and bacon sautéed up to add to the kraut mixture.
Here was the kraut I had on hand ….
I added that to the sauté to give it some warmth, then the magic happened …….
A full mini chimney of lit charcoal was dumped into the performer for the duration of the cook.
Then the pan of goodness was back into the kettle …
It settled in to a nice temperature ….
In the early to mid afternoon, I received a message from WKC member
@Lightning … He said that he would be in the area.
I said, come on by …. got some tender vittles cooking up …. it would be a pleasure meeting a Grillfella.
Time to remove the main course …..
Scrap heap ….
This meal was fantastic!! Will be doing this again, for sure.
We sat in the garage and feasted on some fine fair …. And, shot the breeze, as well.