First time cooking pork belly

Pulled pork belly. F'n a man.

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Pulled pork belly

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When the internal temp hit 165 I sliced off a strip about 1" thick. It would melt in your mouth. I think next time I am going to cook to 165 and then just slice it.

Wow that looks amazing

I hope Costco keeps carrying them. I will do these instead of butts from now on. Didn't have the globs of unrendered fat that you get with Boston Butts. Seemed like a lot less waste.

Just picked up a Boston Butt and now I feel.... less excited.

Say bruh, we need to get together for football season. I'll buy the pig as long as you are cooking!

Looks awesome. Aside from whole hog, that's the only thing I've haven't attempted yet (as far as traditional smoking goes). But I definitely will...especially after seeing yours. Helluva job.

We did one last week. I found an oven roasting recipe so we tried it that way.
Rubbed it down with a basic pork rub and let it sit for an hour in the fridge.
Put it on a rack in a roasting pan, fat side up, so that it wasn't swimming in its own fat.
Threw it in the oven at 500 for about 10 minutes to crisp up the fat a bit.
Dropped the temp to 375 for an hour then added a beer to the bottom of the pan.
Cooked it for another 90 minutes at 375 then pulled it out.
We sliced about half of it and pulled the other. I loved it both ways. I also poured off the drippings and made a great dipping sauce with it.

After looking at yours, we will give smoking it a go next time.