We just picked up this year's pig from the processor. In years past I've always had the scraps made into sausage, which is pretty good, but we've got a lot of it left from the last couple of years; as it turns out, there's only so much sausage even I can eat. This time I had the extras made into plain ground pork, figuring I could try it in places I'd normally use ground beef.
After putting everything into the freezer I pulled out a package of the ground pork and made some burgers from it. Mixed the meat with some finely chopped onion, a little S&P, made 6-oz patties and threw them on the grill. Nothing fancy on the cook, just a Vortex loaded with Cowboy charcoal. I mopped each side with some Carolina-style mustard BBQ sauce (the same stuff I use for pulled pork).
Holy cow! What have I been missing all these years?!? Juicy, tender, and delicious.
( ^^ ^^ —pun intended)
Pulled pork has just become my new favorite burger meat.
