Smoked Pig Shots Recipes

SMOKED PORK RIBS

Steps:

• Start by removing the silver skin from the back of the ribs by sliding your fingers or a sharp knife underneath it to get a hold of an edge and pull it off.
• Mix the spices together and generously coat the ribs on both sides, rubbing the spice mixture into the pork like you mean it.
• Smoke the ribs at 225℉ for 6 to 8 hours. The lower and slower you go the better the ribs will be.
• The ribs are done when the meat easily pulls away from the bone.
• To finish the ribs use the flip, fire, and paint method to sear the sauce onto the outside of the ribs without burning it or drying them out.
• Place the ribs on a medium-high grill, using a grill brush lightly paint the BBQ sauce across the ribs. Once the sauce is on, flip the ribs over and paint the other side, cooking them for 2 to 3 minutes a side before flipping them over and repeating the process three times for each side.
• Take the ribs off the grill and let them rest for a few minutes before slicing.
• To serve the ribs, slice them in ones or twos along the bone, and serve with a good barbecue sauce.

SMOKED PIG SHOTS

Steps:

• Slice the bacon in half, and then wrap each sausage with the bacon, forming a bowl on top of the sausage. Use a toothpick, or a skewer to hold the bacon in place.
• Combine the rest of the ingredients in a bowl, and then using a small cookie scoop, scoop some of the cheese filling into each of the bacon shot glasses.
• Place the pig shots on a grill rack, over a foil lined baking sheet into your smoker. Let them smoke at 150 degrees for a half hour, and then adjust the temperature to 400 degrees. Let the bacon shots cook until the bacon is crispy and the tops are slightly browned.

WHOLE SMOKED PIG (THE GUY)

Steps:

• Use a mortar and pestle to pound cilantro stems and roots, ginger, garlic, and shallots, to a paste, pounding each ingredient thoroughly before adding the next. Then add the fish sauce to create a thin paste. You'll probably need to work in batches. Transfer to a large bowl and stir in the coconut milk. Grind the dried chilies and peppercorns together in a spice grinder. Add the lime zest and kaffir leaf pieces, and grind them all together until the mixture is fine and slightly moist. Stir the spice mixture into the coconut milk mixture. Rub the pig down and up (put it in a giant garbage bag or large plastic bin), inside and out with the kosher salt. Then rub the coconut mixture all over the salted pig, inside and out. Put the pig, belly up, in a large heavy-duty trash bag and pour any remaining marinade inside the cavity. Squeeze out as much air as possible from the bag and tie it. Let sit for 2 to 3 days in a large refrigerator.
• Get a large smoker up to 200 degrees F. Remove the pig from the bag, saving as much of the marinade as possible. Put the pig in the smoker, belly up, and pour the marinade into the belly cavity. While it's cooking, focus on stoking your fire, maintaining the temperature, and drinking. The piggy is ready when the internal temperature of the thickest part of the shoulder is at 170 degrees F. Any pig over 140 pounds or so will take the full 24 hours. If you're working with 50-pounders, though, it'll take closer to 12 hours.
• Remove the pig from the smoker and transfer it to a large table covered with a plastic tablecloth or tarp. Let it rest for about 20 minutes, but pork-mad people will undoubtedly start ripping into the fatty flesh before you can get it to the table. I know because I'm one of them. Use a heavy-duty, sharp knife to remove the primals, peel the skin, and chop the meat. Be sure to have a catch basin for the juice and fat that will be spilling out from the smoky carcass. Toss the reserved cilantro leaves over the chopped meat.

SMOKED PORK RIBS

Steps:

• Apply a light coat of yellow mustard to the pork ribs. (This is only meant to hold the rub on; not for flavoring.)
• Mix chili powder, salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika and cayenne together in a bowl and apply evenly to the pork ribs, front and back.
• In an offset smoker, light a fire with a hardwood of your choice. (We use oak but any hardwood will do.)
• When the smoker heats to approximately 275 degrees F, put the ribs on and maintain that temperature for 4 to 5 hours. Cook, checking the ribs hourly, until a toothpick goes through the meat between the ribs with little resistance. Brush with barbecue sauce and cook another 15 minutes.