Weber Q cooking

[Winnie]

Today we bought a Weber Q, the mid sized one but the special edition with the higher lid and thermometer.
We just cooked a pork belly and roast veggies, and the meat was sensational and the veggies were good, but we did not get a bit of crackling!
I had it turned up full heat the whole cook and it took about an hour. Does anybody with experience have any tips on how to make the crackling?

[AB]

Today we bought a Weber Q, the mid sized one but the special edition with the higher lid and thermometer. We just cooked a pork belly and roast veggies, and the meat was sensational and the veggies were good, but we did not get a bit of crackling! I had it turned up full heat the whole cook and it took about an hour. Does anybody with experience have any tips on how to make the crackling?

I'm doing pork in the kitchen right now

I use tea towel or paper towel and dabb the fat to dry it out then salt it all first.

[Winnie]

I'm doing pork in the kitchen right now

I use tea towel or paper towel and dabb the fat to dry it out then salt it all first.

Yep I did all that as I normally do but it just would not crackle in the Weber. My theory is that the pork is low so the skin is not close to the lid which is hot... Maybe if I raise the trivet so the pork is closer to the lid it will work better?

[AB]

Yep I did all that as I normally do but it just would not crackle in the Weber. My theory is that the pork is low so the skin is not close to the lid which is hot... Maybe if I raise the trivet so the pork is closer to the lid it will work better?

Trivet.....

[Winnie]

Trivet.....

I thought you'd like that!

[paulyg]

Did you preheat first?

[Winnie]

Did you preheat first?

Yep for 10mins on high

[firm351]

Ive got a baby Q with the high lid and thermometer. I haven't done pork in it yet at Christmas I did a turkey in it, was a decent size bird so there wasnt a lot of clearance between it and the lid, I had it turned up flat out the whole time and the temp on the thermometer never went above about 130. Took 5 hrs but it was bloody beautiful turkey.

I reckon for pork you might not have got enough heat for the crackle, what was thermometer reading when you put it in and during cooking?

Mine can get well over 300 degrees after a long pre heat so I reckon preheat the shit out of it then stick the pork in and hopefully it will stay hot enough for the first 20 or so minutes. Make sure the pork is near room temp before you put it in not straight out of the fridge will help aswell.

Now im bloody hungry and only crappy mine camp food for tea. Wish I had pork belly!

[Winnie]

Thanks mate... It read about 220 for most of the time.
I'll try it again with extra preheating and see how that goes.

[growler2058]

Just crackle it up with a cooking blow torch at the end. Problem solved