I'm having family over next weekend and I'm thinking to try a lamb neck or lamb belly (or maybe both) but not 100% sure how to cook it. Low and slow indirect or hot & direct. I'm assuming it's similar to a pork neck & belly and low and slow will do it. Any lamb Lamb I've done before had been shoulder or leg kebabs over heat. Any ideas or suggestions would be welcome
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I have one in the freezer, and I am planning on using a combination of Troutman's Osso Bucco recipe (https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/fo...ked-osso-bucco) and this: https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/...mb-neck-turnip. Of course, I am just cooking it for myself (my wife flat out refuses to participate in this adventure), so I have a lot of room for error.
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So I ended up doing 2 necks on the Weber with the slow n sear on Friday night with briquettes & cherry wood chunks. Preped both Thursday night with a rub & then an injection of Apple juice, cider vinegar & Worcester sauce. Plan was to get them cooked up to a 160F temp. Had problems trying to control the temp in the Weber so was hitting over 270f at times when I wanted to be down about 225f. Hit a stall about 145f and was under time pressure so ended up putting them in foil up to 154f before taking then off and leaving for 10 minutes before serving. Was disappointed with them for a few reasons. I used 3 chunks of wood and it was very over powering on the taste. The meat was a bit chewy and really could have done with another hour or so to get up the internal temp and meat a bit more tender. Cook time was about 3.5 hours. Lessons learned for next time
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Was reading this again. 160 strikes me as way too low to get something like this tender. Neck is one of the toughest, yet tasteful, you can get. But it really has to be low and slowed all the way. Kebobs (based on your other post) do not strike me as a low and slow thing. Definitely do it again and try something different
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