The Aporkalypse Podcast
It’s the end of James and Sam’s epic journey, but they’ve saved the very best ’til last as they feast on kilo after kilo of juicy, smokey pulled pork. This primal cut is the king of pitmasters the world over – but fiendishly difficult to get right.…
Waste-not-want-not! In the penultimate episode of The Aporkalypse Podcast, James and Sam samples sausages, pies and broths. Getting down and dirty with offal and offcuts – they’re on a grizzly exploration in to all things porky.…
Legs make up a third of a pig’s weight – and with 30kg to get through James and Sam embark on their most gluttonous culinary adventure yet. Recipes galore in this bumper episode.…
Yes, we ate a whole pig face for your listening pleasure. James and Sam gorge on head cheese, terrine and porchetta in a bumper episode about this taboo cut of pork. Mmmm… delicious.…
James and Sam dive feet first in to the gelatinous world of pigs trotters. The humble trotter is rarely seen on supermarket shelves but it’s an essential ingredient in delicious broths, pies and even beauty products. Yum yum.…
James and Sam eat 12kg of pure pork loin – searching for the ultimate balance of meat, fat and bone. This much misunderstood cut of pork is often used for chops, but with a little love and attention can be turned in to a showstopping meat feast.…
James and Sam tuck in to two melt in the mouth racks of baby back ribs. In one of their weirdest culinary adventures yet, they stumble upon an ancient Ethiopian cooking style that transforms pork using an unusual ingredient – coffee.…
Ho ho ho! As 2020 draws to a close, James and Sam cook up a creamy and dreamy feast of scrambled eggs and pig brains in a very special live recorded Christmas episode of The Aporkalypse Podcast.…
‘Chump’ isn’t just a brilliant insult – it’s a fabulous lesser known cut of pork. Treated with care, chump can be a melt in the mouth culinary adventure topped by lashings of crispy crackling. In this episode, James and Sam find out how.…
Lean, delicious and – as its name suggests – tender, this oft neglected cut of pork is great for quick stir fries and last minute meals. James and Sam explore how to get the most bang for your buck from a pork tenderloin.…
Belly is delicious in so many more ways than just bacon. Unctuous layers of fat and meat collide in James and Sam’s latest porky adventure. They explore all the different ways to get the most out of this fantastic cut.…
In the West we use them as dog chew toys, but pig ears are considered a delicacy all over the world. James and Sam go in search of the ‘cartilage crunch’ in this much misunderstood part of the pig.…
James and Sam sample an oft neglected cut of pork that’s seldom seen in supermarkets – ‘Skirt’. It’s packed full of flavour and moisture – so long as you’re prepared to eat it rare.…
Sam and James undertake an epic culinary challenge – packing a 7kg pork leg in 3kg of coarse salt – as they prepare for the first meal with friends since the world went in to lockdown. …
Perhaps the most iconic cut of pork – the chop – goes under this microscope. This week James and Sam feast with a few friends to help decide how best to eat these much maligned but much underappreciated slabs of deliciousness.…
This week James and Sam are quite literally nose-to-tail dining as they munch on a Japanese-Mennonite fusion recipe of crispy roast pigs tail and a snout slathered in a sweet and sticky star anise and soy glaze.…
With an entire pig to eat, James and Sam kick off the very first episode of The Aporkalypse Podcast by tackling not one but TWO whole racks of pork spare ribs. But which rack will be tastier?…
