Any info on Pig Wings aka Pork Shanks?

[Downyonder]

Does anyone have experience with un-cooked pig wings? Temp, duration, rubs, etc.? I looked around and couldn't find anything on forum.
I'm using my ST 1400, and will be doing about 10-15 pounds for a Halloween party this Monday. Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Down Yonder

[bigwalleye]

Never have.

I think the name "Pig Wings" is actually a Farmland pre-cooked product, so not sure if you're talking about those specifically or starting with raw pork shanks.
For the pre-cooked, I'd treat them like a sausage and run to an internal temp of 160 or so to ensure they're sufficiently warmed.

However, nobody comes here looking on how to warm stuff up..... That said, never made them, so take my opinions for exactly what you pay for them... If I were making them, Id start with my typical sweet/salt/spice dry rub mix that I usually use on ribs, and cook them similarly re: wood, a 3 oz cherry/apple mix, and 3 lumps of charcoal, for 225, for about 4 hours, and give them a look re: bone pullback and temp, and add time from there. Check also at 4 hours re: tenderness. If you want more pull off the bone, I'd foil for an hour or less (sweet rubs seem to get lost in the foiling process due to the increase in moisture diluting things) and then remove the foil and back in the smoker for 45 min to tighten them up a little.
I prefer ribs nekkid and sauce then at the table, but you could also sauce them, either BBQ of hot wing, teriyaki, etc, and then either back in the smoker of on the grill to put a little char on the sauce.

I think I need to stop at a butcher somewhere on the way home....

[Downyonder]

Thanks BigWalleye!! These are raw pork shanks from local butcher. I will let you know how they turn out.

[bigwalleye]

Please do, and welcome to the forum!!

[DReeves]

Sounds great. I've never tried them, so I would love to hear the results!

[bigwalleye]

I'm still trying to find them!! Going north this weekend ofr the deer hunt, so going to find me a REAL butcher shop, not just a "we buy it already cut up" retailer.

[bigwalleye]

Kind of an update on an old post.
I recently found whole pork shanks at a "real" butcher in my area. Gave them a dusting with my regular pork rib rub mix, and let them sit overnight in the fridge. Got them going over 3 charcoal briquettes, and 2 chunks of apple and a similar amount of cherry, at 225. After 5 hours, still no sign of pullback, so cranked it to 250 and closed the door. Two hours more and they were starting to pull back from the bone tips, and we ate them. Still some collagen in there, so if I do them again, I'll plan for more time. Thinking another hour or hour and a half would do it. Temps were in the low 180s, but tough to be accurate with so much bone in there. The smoke was great, the meat was a little denser than, saw, the bottom half of a pork shoulder.