Valentine’s Day Burnt Ends
Prep Time: 20 Min | Cook Time: 5 Hrs
Ingredients
- 1 Skinless Pork Belly
- 2 Char-Griller Rib Rub
- 3 Favorite BBQ Sauce
- 4 Brown Sugar
- 5 Butter
- 6 Honey
- 7 Apple Juice
- 8 Valentine’s Day Box of Chocolates
Looking for the perfect treat to surprise the griller in your life? These Burnt Ends are a great way! Tip: Depending on the celebration, you can change out the box you present them in!
Instructions
- Cut your pork belly into roughly 1 inch cubes
- Season them liberally with Char-Griller Rib Rub
- Place them on wire racks to make things easier for yourself
- Preheat your Gravity 980 smoker to 275*F
- Place your pork belly in the smoker and let them smoke for roughly 3.5 hours
- Spritz with apple juice every 45 minutes
- After 3.5 hours toss the pork belly into foil trays and add butter, brown sugar, honey, BBQ sauce and 1 cup apple juice
- Cover the trays in foil and place them back on the smoker for another 1-1.5 hours
- After 1.5 hours uncover, drain the liquid in the tray, and add more BBQ sauce and mix
- Place back on the smoker for another 10 minutes and these are ready to eat!
- Remove the chocolates from the heart shaped box and replace them with the Burnt Ends
- Enjoy!