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Cured Meats & Food Preservation => Cured meats & Food Preservation => Charcuterie: Ham, Bacon, Sausage, etc. => Topic started by: tlg4942 on December 22, 2016, 01:11:43 PM

Title: Fat Wild Sow need advice
Post by: tlg4942 on December 22, 2016, 01:11:43 PM
  I posed this question to a friend  but decided to post it here as well.  It's been 13 seconds since I sent the email and no answer... Need that instant gratification these days you know...

 Anyway, Shot a wild sow last week. She was dressed and hung in the walk in cooler since.  She has more fat than any wild hog I have ever seen. I think its because she was pregnant.   
 I want to rotisserie a ham tonight and am wondering if I should cut the fat layer down to about a half inch.  I think it will cook better and maybe not turn into a raging inferno
in my weber kettle. 
 Any thoughts are appreciated. I need to get it on the grill in the next few hours.

We fried a piece last night to check the flavor of the fat and it doesnt taste like a wild hog either. 
Title: Re: Fat Wild Sow need advice
Post by: Pam Gould on December 22, 2016, 01:19:32 PM
cracklins.. .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
Title: Re: Fat Wild Sow need advice
Post by: teesquare on December 22, 2016, 01:22:55 PM
Terry-

Your idea sounds good...But I would also place a aluminum pan below it to catch the dripping fats/juices so that they do not cause you issues with flare up - or cause your charcoal to have dead spots.
Title: Re: Fat Wild Sow need advice
Post by: tlg4942 on December 22, 2016, 01:32:36 PM
Quote from: teesquare on December 22, 2016, 01:22:55 PM
Terry-

Your idea sounds good...But I would also place a aluminum pan below it to catch the dripping fats/juices so that they do not cause you issues with flare up - or cause your charcoal to have dead spots.
Thanks, I normally use a drip pan so that should work. The plan is to cook it as slow as possible  to about 160. Does that seem about right?
Title: Re: Fat Wild Sow need advice
Post by: ACW3 on December 22, 2016, 02:02:45 PM
160/165 should be good.

Art

I did respond as soon as I saw your email. I am out taking the grandson to a planetarium right now.
Title: Re: Fat Wild Sow need advice
Post by: tlg4942 on December 22, 2016, 02:10:03 PM
Quote from: ACW3 on December 22, 2016, 02:02:45 PM
160/165 should be good.

Art

I did respond as soon as I saw your email. I am out taking the grandson to a planetarium right now.
No problem.  I was having a millennial moment !!! :D :D :D 
Title: Re: Fat Wild Sow need advice
Post by: ACW3 on December 22, 2016, 06:13:07 PM
Quote from: tlg4942 on December 22, 2016, 02:10:03 PM
Quote from: ACW3 on December 22, 2016, 02:02:45 PM
160/165 should be good.

Art

I did respond as soon as I saw your email. I am out taking the grandson to a planetarium right now.
No problem.  I was having a millennial moment !!! :D :D :D

Not sure I would admit to that.  You don't seem like the millennial type, to me.

Art
Title: Re: Fat Wild Sow need advice
Post by: Jaxon on December 22, 2016, 07:07:12 PM
If you can put it on a rotisserie over coals - maybe a Weber rotisserie, if you have one.

I'll bet it will turn out.

just sayin'...