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Title: This little piggy...
Post by: RoadKingLarry on March 01, 2012, 10:49:28 AM
Took this one off to get butchered this morning  166# on the hoof, getting it quartered up for the smoker.

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Should be some good size quarters, this one weighed in at 120# on the hoof and gave me 1/4s that ran about 18#
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Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: MrsSmith on March 01, 2012, 10:54:12 AM
Shall I send you a postage paid cooler addressed to me and filled with dry ice?
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on March 01, 2012, 10:55:53 AM
*drool*
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: wmenorr67 on March 01, 2012, 11:01:29 AM
If I guy who wasn't growing his own wanted to buy a 1/4 what would it set him back?
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: RoadKingLarry on March 01, 2012, 11:02:08 AM
I'm gonna work up two full sides of ribs Sunday. =D
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: RoadKingLarry on March 01, 2012, 11:03:26 AM
If I guy who wasn't growing his own wanted to buy a 1/4 what would it set him back?

I'll have to give that some thought but I'll certainly give you a heads up when I cook some.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: wmenorr67 on March 01, 2012, 11:05:07 AM
I'm gonna work up two full sides of ribs Sunday. =D

Now that is just being evil.  My smoker at the house has been neglected for a year or so now.  Gotta take care of that ASAP.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: Perd Hapley on March 01, 2012, 12:03:00 PM
No bacon?! You bring shame to the forum.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: wmenorr67 on March 01, 2012, 12:42:52 PM
Speak for yourself Mr. Pepperoni. :facepalm:
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: Jamie B on March 01, 2012, 01:51:23 PM
Speak for yourself Mr. Pepperoni. :facepalm:
Zing! Bam! Boom! He shoots! He scores! It's a winner!
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: Perd Hapley on March 01, 2012, 03:13:50 PM
Well now, if he'd make some pepperoni out of that hog that would be great. But failing that, bacon would be more than satisfactory.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: BryanP on March 01, 2012, 03:44:09 PM
No bacon?! You bring shame to the forum.

Not even. If there's anything better than bacon, it's a properly cooked slab of ribs.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: RoadKingLarry on March 01, 2012, 11:31:39 PM
No bacon?! You bring shame to the forum.

No worries, I still have another pig. I'll take that one in at around 300# and get the works done up, cured and smoked hams, bacon, Arkansaw bacon, ribs, chops, tenderloin, steaks... nom nom nom
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: charby on March 02, 2012, 07:23:14 PM
If I guy who wasn't growing his own wanted to buy a 1/4 what would it set him back?

The last time my parents and I split a hog it was about $225 each and this was with locker bill included. We got hams, bacon and some brats. Rest was chops, roasts steaks and ground.

This in Iowa and there is a over 100 lockers in the state.

Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: Balog on March 02, 2012, 07:26:41 PM
No worries, I still have another pig. I'll take that one in at around 300# and get the works done up, cured and smoked hams, bacon, Arkansaw bacon, ribs, chops, tenderloin, steaks... nom nom nom


What's that? /intrigued
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: French G. on March 02, 2012, 10:33:21 PM
Arkansas bacon is pure wonderful but I have no idea how you cure it or the cut.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: RoadKingLarry on March 02, 2012, 10:44:10 PM
Arkansas bacon is shoulder meat cured and smoked and sliced like bacon. All the expected baconey goodness with less fat taking up valuable bacon space.  Slices of bacon the size of your hand with less fat and therefore less shrinkage.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: Northwoods on March 02, 2012, 10:59:47 PM
Pigs, sadly, are not allowed in my neighborhood.  Any other livestock is OK though.

Too bad goats don't make bacon.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: charby on March 02, 2012, 11:06:50 PM
Pigs, sadly, are not allowed in my neighborhood.  Any other livestock is OK though.

Too bad goats don't make bacon.

You can make bacon out of anything. I'm going to make bacon out deer loin when winter is done.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: Perd Hapley on March 03, 2012, 12:02:08 AM
You can make bacon out of anything.


Finally, a presidential platform we can sink our teeth into.

Yes we carn!
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: Northwoods on March 03, 2012, 12:12:12 AM
Charby/Fistful 2012
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: Perd Hapley on March 03, 2012, 08:03:29 AM
Well, that would definitely unite the bacon and pepperoni factions.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: wmenorr67 on March 03, 2012, 09:25:31 AM
And you see what is second fiddle.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: Perd Hapley on March 03, 2012, 09:47:26 AM
And you see what is second fiddle.

So was Sarah Palin. You liked McCain better? :P
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: wmenorr67 on March 03, 2012, 10:05:49 AM
So was Sarah Palin. You liked McCain better? :P

As a politician yes.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: Perd Hapley on March 04, 2012, 04:36:30 PM
You bring shame to the forum.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: RoadKingLarry on March 04, 2012, 08:29:45 PM
You bring shame to the forum.

I thought you wandered in here on your own. I didn't think anyone brought you.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: wmenorr67 on March 05, 2012, 02:36:54 AM
I thought you wandered in here on your own. I didn't think anyone brought you.

Thread win!!!!
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: Chuck Dye on March 05, 2012, 09:53:48 AM
Driving down a back road years ago I passed a BBQ joint.  I don't recall the actual name on the sign, but still love the tag  "In celebration of dead pigs."  Unfortunately, I was in one of those states that thinks two feet of gravel between the fog line and the ditch is adequate shoulder and I couldn't stop even for take out.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: Perd Hapley on March 05, 2012, 10:06:18 AM
I thought you wandered in here on your own. I didn't think anyone brought you.

You bring mirth to the forum.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: RoadKingLarry on March 21, 2012, 07:51:24 AM
Just a quick update, I got the pig back from the butcher a week or so ago.
102# of ready to cook product.
Ended up with 6 pieces. 2 shoulders, 2 hams and the 2 rib sections with the loin attached. Gonna be some good eating 'round here soon.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: AmbulanceDriver on March 21, 2012, 08:01:38 PM
And what's your address again?  And when do you expect said porcine deliciousness to be prepared????

:D
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: Regolith on March 21, 2012, 08:32:14 PM
Unfortunately, I was in one of those states that thinks two feet of gravel between the fog line and the ditch is adequate shoulder and I couldn't stop even for take out.

That's more shoulder than most of the roads we have out here. A lot of 'em don't even HAVE a fog line; the pavement is exactly two lanes wide, and the ditch begins where the pavement ends.

Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: RoadKingLarry on March 21, 2012, 11:51:28 PM
And what's your address again?  And when do you expect said porcine deliciousness to be prepared????

:D

I'm thinking next weekend (31st) I'll be burning some hickory unless I decide to do one this weekend.
If you come in from the north you should be able to smell it and follow your nose.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: Chuck Dye on March 23, 2012, 07:49:47 PM
That's more shoulder than most of the roads we have out here. A lot of 'em don't even HAVE a fog line; the pavement is exactly two lanes wide, and the ditch begins where the pavement ends.

Swap mirrors often? 

(Lots of trucks in Baja California have polished chromed plates instead of glass mirrors for a reason.  I have swapped mirrors while driving a university ton-and-a-half. :O)
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: Regolith on March 23, 2012, 08:10:49 PM
Swap mirrors often? 


Fortunately, no. It gets a bit tense when there's a wider-than-average vehicle in the oncoming lane, though.
Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: RoadKingLarry on March 24, 2012, 02:50:59 PM
Just couldn't wait.

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Title: Re: This little piggy...
Post by: RoadKingLarry on March 24, 2012, 10:49:32 PM
Getting close
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OMG that looks good.
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OMG, it was good, I feel like a big fat tick.
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