Intro: These burnt-end pork belly bits are magical! Let’s waste no time with these!

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp Salt
1 Tbsp Black Pepper
1 Tbsp Paprika
1 Tbsp Garlic Powder
1 Tbsp Onion Powder
1 Tbsp Brown Sugar
Pork belly
¼ cup of butter
BBQ Sauce
Apple cider vinegar

Step 1: Step 1: Light My Fire

Let’s start off by lighting a chimney of charcoal; we’re going to be using the offset method.

We’ll want the BBQ sitting at a temperature of 108 degrees celsius or 225 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step 2: Step 2: Rub a Dub

Next up, we’re going to make a basic pork rub.

In a bowl mix:

1 Tbsp Salt

1 Tbsp Black Pepper

1 Tbsp Paprika

1 Tbsp Garlic Powder

1 Tbsp Onion Powder

1 Tbsp Brown Sugar

Step 3: Step 3: Cut It Up!

Cut the pork belly into 3cm cubes.

When choosing a piece of pork belly, you want to ensure it has a good 70% meat to 40% fat ratio. I personally find this gives an outstanding balance with enough fat to base the meat and every bite will have meat.

Step 4: Pork Meet Rub

Apply mustard to the outside of the pork belly, followed by our pork rub.

Step 5: Get Cooking

Place the pork belly on a wire rack.

This will allow the heat to cook all sides of the meat evenly.

Smoke for 2-3 hours or until the outside of the pork belly has a nice bark. I’m using apple wood to add a beautiful sweet smokey flavour.

Step 6: Step 6: Off the Barbie

Once the pork belly has a beautiful bark, remove it from the grill and allow the BBQ to reach 120 degrees celsius or 250 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step 7: Braise the Pork

Next we want to place the pork belly pieces into a BBQ pan to braise.

This is where the real magic happens.

Pour over your choice of BBQ sauce.

Handy tip; rinse the sauce bottle with a bit of apple cider vinegar to get the last of it out. Then add ¼ cup of butter to take the edge off the sweetness of apple cider vinegar.

Some folks also like to add brown sugar, but I think there’s enough sweetness from the BBQ sauce.

Cover with foil and place back onto the BBQ.

The pork belly with braise in the sauce becomes nice and tender.

Step 8: Keep Cooking

After about 1 hour and 30 minutes, your pork belly's burnt ends should be tender. Remove the foil and toss the pork through the pan to coat it with the BBQ sauce. This caramelises the BBQ sauce to the outside of the pork.

Once the sauce is caramelised to the meat's outside, they’re ready to be served up and…