Pork Belly on the BBQ

Pork is so difficult to do in the oven as it makes my apartment look like my flatmates are Cheech & Chong, and I’ve already had the building evacuated once before so I’m keen to find a way to enjoy pork belleh without having the local fire brigade crash my party.

I’m yet to find anyone else do pork belly on a regular BBQ grill plate, every method I’ve found via the Google has been for either ovens or Weber-like contraptions, so I thought fuck it, I’ll give it a shot.

Standard Woolies pork belly, probably not the greatest quality but I was just hungry. It says free range and stuff at least.

Didn’t put anything on it, straight from the shelf to the BBQ.

Switched on the BBQ grill plate to low-medium heat and slapped the pig belly down.

Left it 20 minutes and turned it over. Cooked on the flesh side for ten minutes, then jacked up the heat and put it belly side down again for five minutes.

Result.

It works nicely. Lost a bit of the fat down the BBQ which I’d usually use to drizzle back on top with some garlic and stuff, but otherwise worked out just fine for a quick no-mess no-fuss (no-smoke!) bachelor pig out.