Cooking pork to specific temps is key to success. Temp targets for BBQ cuts of pork differ from smaller cuts, we’ve got all the information you need here.
If you’ve ever been to a county or state fair in Indiana, Illinois, or Iowa, or even if you’ve ever stopped at a roadside diner in those states, you’ve probably encountered one of the Midwest’s great contributions to American cuisine: the fried breaded pork tenderloin sandwich. The breaded pork tenderloin is a marvel of simplicity:…
If you’ve ever been to a real taqueria or even an especially good taco cart, you’ve probably tried delicious tacos al pastor. The chile-spiked, cumin-scented, pineapple-basted spits of thin-sliced pork that inhabit the kitchens of quality Mexican restaurants yield tacos that are mouthwateringly craveable. If you’ve ever thought you’d like to get all the deliciousness…
Bacon goes well with almost anything. It’s used in everything from sandwiches to chocolate—we haven’t found anything this versatile meat can’t do! The art of curing meat dates from well before the dawn of refrigeration, all the way back to ancient civilizations as a way to preserve meat for long periods of time. Since those…
People love eating breakfast for dinner. Don’t deny it, you do, too! There’s something that is at once comforting and somehow wicked about eating waffles or pancakes with hash browns and bacon after work. It’s everything American food culture loves, except that it isn’t deep-fried. But what if it were? Enter the scotch egg. This…
Some foods are worth waiting for. BBQ brisket comes to mind, as does home-cured bacon. Equally good—but rarely thought about—is a skin-on shoulder or leg of pork. With the entire layer of subcutaneous fat still intact, a large cut like this takes on an unctuous richness that is normally only found in pork belly or…
In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens’ coming-of-age novel of poverty and charity, the narrator and main character, Pip, steals food from his aunts for an escaped convict. Pip describes his pilfered loot thus: “I stole some bread, some rind of cheese, about half a jar of mincemeat … some brandy from a stone bottle … a…