Pork shanks for smoking

[Keymaster]

Brewoz picked up 40 pounds of Pork Shanks and gave me 12 pounds. These will make some great soup after there done. here is 40 pounds of Shanks.



Boiling up some Garlic, Coriander, Mustard, pepper and Juniper berries.



The Brine with Salt, brown sugar, cure #1 and the spice juices.



Shanks into the Pool for a 5 day dip



Sorry for the android cell phone pictures :) I'll be smoking these this coming weekend. Working my way up to doing a Ham soon ;)

[hal4uk]

Those look RIGHTEOUS!
Awrighten.

[classicrockgriller]

If you start at the shank you are working your

way up to the ham. :)

[ExpatCanadian]

Hey, these look great!  Where does one source 40 pounds of shanks?

[Keymaster]

Hey, these look great!  Where does one source 40 pounds of shanks?

Brewoz  gets them at a place in Kapowsin Washington.

[OU812]

Thems gonna be gooood!!

[Keymaster]

6 days in the brine/cure at 38-40° F. and its time to air dry in the smoker before 4 hours of Pecan smoke followed with two hours of alder. I had to switch my buckets because my new fangled Cambro bucket did not fit in the Fridge cooler :)
Going to hot smoke these today as I don't have three days to cold smoke them. Using the Temps from Habaneros Smoked cured Ham recipe.





First lucky puck walking the Bradley plank, Arrggg Matey ;)

[devo]

Oh man
Here I was feeling sorry for you last summer saying it was cool and rainy at your place and now you go and post those pics of your yard with no snow and I don't feel sorry any more. I still have two feet of the white stuff on my deck.

Those should be real good there Aaron.

[Keymaster]

Oh man
Here I was feeling sorry for you last summer saying it was cool and rainy at your place and now you go and post those pics of your yard with no snow and I don't feel sorry any more. I still have two feet of the white stuff on my deck.

Those should be real good there Aaron.

LOL, its was a mild winter this year but still pretty cold out for spring. That's the neighbors new swing set, their the best neighbors anyone could wish.

[OU812]

Oh man
Here I was feeling sorry for you last summer saying it was cool and rainy at your place and now you go and post those pics of your yard with no snow and I don't feel sorry any more. I still have two feet of the white stuff on my deck.

Those should be real good there Aaron.

What he said

[Brewoz]

I got the other 30 lbs. After the first day of pecan with 4 hrs of cold smoke.

[Keymaster]

All done and at a decent hour, they turned out pretty good :)







Thanks for hanging in there and watching :)

[hal4uk]

Excellent...  That last pic is "outta da park".  WOW..

[OU812]

Niiiiiice!!

[Brewoz]

Finish my shanks last night. 3 days cold smoke a total of 12 to 16 hours. Put them in the refer this morning and will vac pack tonight. The smell is so INTENSE I see beans in my future!