TX Pigapallooza

caliking · July 2016

Foghorns son putting together some of those killer apple strudel things.

caliking · July 2016

I hope to one day train caliprince like foghorn trained his boy.

That kid goes to fetch wings, cooks for his pop, wraps bacon around a few hundred pineapple and shrimp thingies, smuggles keistered beer, risks his neck because a bunch of drunks sent him out to light some sketchy fireworks, and somehow survived 24 hrs with us in the rough.

I need to get to work on caliprince pronto.

The Cen-Tex Smoker · July 2016

caliking said:

I hope to one day train caliprince like foghorn trained his boy.

That kid goes to fetch wings, cooks for his pop, wraps bacon around a few hundred pineapple and shrimp thingies, smuggles keistered beer, risks his neck because a bunch of drunks sent him out to light some sketchy fireworks, and somehow survived 24 hrs with us in the rough.

I need to get to work on caliprince pronto.

We all got a view on how it should be done this weekend.

Foghorn · July 2016

It's better to be lucky than good... (Referring to my parenting - not his performance)

caliking · July 2016

It puts out some excellent food. I won't say that everything I cooked on it was perfect, but I will point out that it took caliking and a minimax to overcook some steaks.

Nope. It just took me to overcook some steaks. Definitely a case of "it's the Indian, not the arrow". In more ways than the obvious.

Foghorn · July 2016

caliking said:

It puts out some excellent food. I won't say that everything I cooked on it was perfect, but I will point out that it took caliking and a minimax to overcook some steaks.

Nope. It just took me to overcook some steaks. Definitely a case of "it's the Indian, not the arrow". In more ways than the obvious.

That phrase will definitely come in handy in the future

Hotch · July 2016

caliking said:

Digging up some more pics Scrambled duck eggs for the breakfast tacos. @20stones 's minimax showed me what I'm missing in my life. And it's shaped like a minimax.

@cakiking When I was a young lad I raised both chickens and ducks. There is no better omelette than a fresh 3 Duck Egg omelette!!
Nicely done guys!! Give me a shout next time. Looks like a great time was had by all.

Foghorn · July 2016

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Here is Miley after a belly full of table scraps

Dont recall ever seeing a dog sleep like this but she did. Guess whatever she ate was pretty good.

I can confirm that the dog did walk away from this - even though with that posture and amateur butchers nearby one has to wonder...

The Cen-Tex Smoker · July 2016

Foghorn said:

caliking said:

It puts out some excellent food. I won't say that everything I cooked on it was perfect, but I will point out that it took caliking and a minimax to overcook some steaks.

Nope. It just took me to overcook some steaks. Definitely a case of "it's the Indian, not the arrow". In more ways than the obvious.

That phrase will definitely come in handy in the future

Saved.

caliking · July 2016

More. Some wangs.

Marinade had garlic, soy, mirin, wasabi, cayenne, honey, and yuzu juice.

Top rack had @Foghorn 's datil pepper wings, which I wish he had more of.

@texaswig look into foghorn's Napoleon trash can cooker before you commit to an 85gal drum. This thing was pretty nifty. Breaks down for portability and has plenty of grid space and cooking options.

The Cen-Tex Smoker · July 2016

Wings both were killer. Only problem is we didn't have way more. I definitely need to step up my wing game after this weekend.

20stone · July 2016

Texas links getting a kiss of smoke in a dishwasher we found. The guest of honor had a surplus of fat, so we brought a few top rounds to make more sausage.

The sausage, however, has a surplus salt, and experiments are underway.

texaswig · July 2016

I need a pic of thisTrash can cooker.

Foghorn · July 2016

http://www.napoleongrills.com/grills/product-details/productid/23/ccd/en-ca/apollo-300-charcoal-grill-and-water-smoker

@texaswig.

And depending on your needs, you can leave one or both middle sections at home. When it's just me and my son, we don't usually take the whole thing.

And here's a pic doing wings raised direct (if the wifi at 35,000 feet will support a pic)

Foghorn · July 2016

texaswig · July 2016

Cool @Foghorn thanks I'll check them out.

20stone · July 2016

Other notes from a nutty weekend:

@Foghorn and his spawn jumped in from the get go, having a side of pork on their shoulders minutes after they arrived, kept in it with a fury until they had to bolt. His well earned reputation as a beeraseur is intact, as well as making some great wings and other stuff.

@pigfisher really needs his own farm. While the butchering was going on, we also had a pig pen development project underway. The next round of sausage is being well treated.

@The Cen-Tex Smoker was the instructor-butcher, and owns the world's best dishwasher

@caliking (shockingly) can cook. Super sides for Friday night, and the worlds best (duck egg) breakfast tacos

Technology winners:

Old, dead refrigerators as coolers - After shopping all over for the latest 500 quart YETI game cooler, we retrieved our 248 lb hog in a dead side-by-side refrigerator with 2x4s bolted to the back as skids
Pick up trucks as work benches - A Mini-Max sits at just the right height (for @Foghorn and me, at least). I was also able to easily wash out spilled pig butter (lard) and hot wing sauce
Pigs as salad processors - It turns out we didn't eat too many green things, but the ones we brought were very appreciated
Dishwashers as smokers - Talk about a great repurposing of an old technology. It can easily hold 20 lbs of sausage for smoking, or other things (....watch this space...)
MiniMax's as stoves and grills - This thing rocked. I suspect that at least two more will be purchased shortly, the next time their future owners' spouses are out of town

Great fun had by all

Foghorn · July 2016

caliking rocked his wings too.

And as I'm reflecting on the weekend, I'm trying to figure out what exactly @20stone did. Mostly he was a truck driver. Of a cute new blue truck that is the precious twin sister of caliking's. He drove pigfisher to the farm so he could labor like a dog on the land and set up our space for our future harvests. He drove the pig halves to the farm so my son and I could carry them into the cooler. He gladly drank my beer. He drove some phenomenal beef and other supplies to the farm as well. He directed me (with a mandate) on my fireworks purchase.

Oh yeah, he was the chief meat grinder and bandsaw technician. And he put the gig together. Like Julie the Cruise Director.

Seriously, thanks for a great experience. I look forward to a quadruple harvest in 12-24 months.

I'll still need a lot of direction. I'm not going out and buying a book on pig raising and husbandry. But I think I'll remember most of what I learned about butchering and I can provide beer, fireworks, and a trash can grill that I can man.

20stone · July 2016

Foghorn said:

... And he put the gig together. Like Julie the Cruise Director.

Seriously, thanks for a great experience. I look forward to a quadruple harvest in 12-24 months

It's not the first time I've been called Julie and I'm glad you and Jason had a good time. The bad news is, as @caliking can attest, more time just makes the plan more elaborate, and 12 months is a looooong time.

Foghorn · July 2016

Plan it and send me a bill. I'll go along with anything Centex will support. If we just trusted you we'd be investing in a hydroponic pig farm for your balcony.

JohnInCarolina · July 2016

This was a lot of fun to read. It's a miracle you're all (well mostly) able to return to society as productive members after such a feast.

Foghorn · July 2016

I think I'm the only one that has logged any productivity so far... The rest are slackers.

caliking · July 2016

JohnInCarolina said:

This was a lot of fun to read. It's a miracle you're all (well mostly) able to return to society as productive members after such a feast.

There's more to come we're not done yet. There's still the dishwasher chapter pending.

20stone · July 2016

Foghorn said:

I think I'm the only one that has logged any productivity so far... The rest are slackers.

That's the problem hanging with doctors, always playing the "What we're you doing while I was saving lives?" card.

caliking · July 2016

No worries I'm with you. Haven't saved anything since Friday afternoon. Note that the steaks happened Friday evening.

The Cen-Tex Smoker · July 2016

caliking said:

No worries I'm with you. Haven't saved anything since Friday afternoon. Note that the steaks happened Friday evening.

There is a big difference between not saving something and murdering something. Just sayin.

Foghorn · July 2016

I'm not judging anyone's profession. I'm just pointing out that I spent yesterday doing mine - and the rest of y'all didn't. Slackers.

Of course when I meet Centex this weekend for the sausage exchange (there's got to be a better phrase for that) and I get to enjoy the fruits of your hard work grinding and stuffing the sausages (still struggling with verbiage) I'll appreciate all the work you guys did after we left.

The Cen-Tex Smoker · July 2016

Foghorn said:

I'm not judging anyone's profession. I'm just pointing out that I spent yesterday doing mine - and the rest of y'all didn't. Slackers.

Of course when I meet Centex this weekend for the sausage exchange (there's got to be a better phrase for that) and I get to enjoy the fruits of your hard work grinding and stuffing the sausages (still struggling with verbiage) I'll appreciate all the work you guys did after we left.

Sausage swap? No. Sausage grab? No not that either. There has to be a better way to describe two men swapping meats in the parking lot of a Buccees. Maybe not.

theyolksonyou · July 2016

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Foghorn said:

I'm not judging anyone's profession. I'm just pointing out that I spent yesterday doing mine - and the rest of y'all didn't. Slackers.

Of course when I meet Centex this weekend for the sausage exchange (there's got to be a better phrase for that) and I get to enjoy the fruits of your hard work grinding and stuffing the sausages (still struggling with verbiage) I'll appreciate all the work you guys did after we left.

Sausage swap? No. Sausage grab? No not that either. There has to be a better way to describe two men swapping meats in the parking lot of a Buccees. Maybe not.

I was enjoying this thread right up until this exchange.

My edit: not that there's anything wrong with that.

Foghorn · July 2016

Well, it's not really a swap as I'm not giving you any meat. But you're going to give me a lot of sausage.

Well, that's not making things better.

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