Ox cheek

[essexsmoker]

Yes mine ended up a little dry hence foil next time

Ox cheek £7.49/Kg in Waitrose

Lol. Well nothing is cheap in waitrose!

[essexsmoker]

I've just had a look at online butchers for ox cheek - £9.40/kg, £7.50/kg, £18.13/kg (seriously), £11/kg, £14/kg....

I'd love to try them, but those prices are just ridiculous

Good god. Must be 5 typps. Lol. Sainsbury doesn't seem so bad now.

[essexsmoker]

I'm going to inquire with my local butcher as they tend to be pretty reasonable and they like me, so I may be able to get a deal on 'em If I can get them for less than £7/kg I'll give 'em a go

Juat go to sainsbury. 6.50 per kilo.

[YetiDave]

Might just stick to pig cheeks at £3.75/kg Although to be honest I've never actually hot smoked them, I usually cure them for guanciale

[essexsmoker]

Never done pork cheek either. Not seen it to be honest.

[JBBQ]

Pig cheek is like a delicious cross between pulled pork and rib meat - £7/kg in waitrose!!!

[essexsmoker]

Pig cheek is like a delicious cross between pulled pork and rib meat - £7/kg in waitrose!!!

Oooo. Sounds good. Will have a look out. Not got a waitrose near me.
Expensive though for an essentially waste cut.
What about jowl, tried that?

[wd40]

I cooked ok cheek last weekend for a chilli, used a pressure cooker for an hour (much longer than I normally use one for). It was called-apart tender, just had to remove a few sinews.

I can imagine it drying out with the length of time required on a smoker and cooking it anything other than slow results in ox cheek being ox leather.


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[Kathy's Smokin']

Thanks for describing the taste and texture of ox or pork cheek, I've not tried either. Now that I've read the description of pork cheek it sounds like something I want to try. I just got a half steer freezer order a couple of months ago, didn't think to ask for that part. Next time I will. Just for my curiosity, I googled the price of ox cheek in Ontario, Canada. It comes up as beef cheek, don't know if that's just a difference of label or something more. It was $2.75 CDN dollars per pound, if I did my math right that translates to 3.34 BP for one kilo. The website is for naturally-raised meats and the prices look comparable, even better, than some of the factory-farmed meat sold in regular supermarkets. http://www.heronviewrawandnatural.com/h ... price-list The store is about a two hour drive from me so not a place I would shop regularly but we'll be in that area in a few weeks so I'm going to check out the beef cheeks. Thanks for the heads up, sounds like fun.

[Kathy's Smokin']

I looked further on this site and found out they're a specialty dog food store!! I have something on my own cheek and I think it's egg.