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    Grilled Pork Collar With Citrus Marinade

    August 9, 2019 By Sean Martin 4 Comments

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    Pork Collar is a tender cut of well marbled pork with amazing flavor. Perfect for a marinade and roasted on the grill. If you love pork and you haven’t heard of this amazing cut, you need to seek it out and try this grilled version with a delicious citrus marinade.

    Grilled pork collar cut into slices with grilled broccolini and a glass of red wine

    What is Pork Collar?

    Pork Collar is a muscle that runs from the jowl of the pig, through the shoulder, specifically the boston butt, and extends close to the loin. Pork collar is commonly used in coppa. Parts of the cut is also called the money muscle in barbecue competitions.

    Raw pork collar.

    This cut is great as a roast, or grilled. The marbling is also similar to pork shoulder and can also be smoked low and slow. It may also be referenced as pork neck, or neck fillet.

    What is the money muscle? This is a cut that competitive barbecue teams use when turning in their pork shoulder. Money muscle is cooked to a lower finishing temperature and sliced versus pulled. The boxes are often turned in with both the sliced money muscle as well as the pulled shoulder. The marbling and texture is amazing which lends to the wins teams have using the money muscle.

    How to Prepare and Season Pork Collar

    Pork collar will likely have a small fat cap. Do not remove that cap or at the most trim it down to a ¼ inch of fat using a sharp knife. A marinade is a great way to tenderize the collar. We use citrus for the natural acidity and tenderizing characteristics and then add herbs, spices, and salt to enhance the flavor. Blendtec blenders are a great way to blend up marinade ingredients and eliminate chunks. Read below for a great coupon code.

    Marinate for at least three hours.

    After removing from marinade, pat the collar dry before applying rub. The natural marbling is substantial and holds moisture when grilled or roasted. This is why we simply marinate and rub.

    If there is a fat cap, score fat cap with X patterns using a sharp knife. This will allow for the rub to get into the fat, and for rendering when grilling the collar.

    For a dry rub add herbs, kosher salt, and pepper as an easy way to season the cut. Be sure the cut is pat dry, this helps in the searing process.

    Where To Buy Pork Collar

    Ask your butcher if they can prepare a collar, or buy a Boston Butt and carve it out. Or, buy amazing Kurobuta pork collar online through Snake River Farms or through our friends at D’Artagnan Foods where they source amazing meats from small farms around the country.

    The quality of the meat can be seen in the marbling, the texture is melt in the mouth, and the flavor is rich like butter. You will thank us no matter where you get it from. 🙂

    Grilling Pork Collar

    Pork Collar cooked on the grill

    Roast, grill, or smoke it. Our recipe highlights how easy it is to grill the collar using the direct/indirect method or two zone cooking. The two zone method helps in getting a nice crust and then moving to indirect heat to finish.

    The grill should be HOT. The internal temperature of the grill at 450 – 500 degrees F. A hot direct side gives the best sear. Even though the ambient temperature of the grill is high, the indirect side will not burn the meat.

    We like to cook our pork roasts like collar to medium rare or 140 – 143 degrees Fahrenheit using an instant read thermometer like our Thermoworks Thermapen MK4.

    Thermapen inserted into a Pork Collar to take the internal temperature of the meat

    LET IT REST! Yes caps emphasized. Expect a little pink in the pork, that is perfectly acceptable. Letting the pork rest for at least 10 minutes, ideally 15, allows the cut to finish cooking, a method called carry over cooking, and for the cells to reabsorb the moisture from some of the fat that has rendered. That is why we pull the collar when the center of the collar is temping at 140 – 143 degrees F.

    Now time to carve into this beautiful cut of meat. Believe me, you’re gonna love this one!

    Wine Pairing for Pork Shoulder or Pork Collar

    I love love love pork and Pinot Noir, and this is the perfect reason why. The juicy and slightly natural sweet flavors of the tender pork are so good with the light (to medium) bodied nature of a fruity Pinot Noir, especially from Oregon. This is a pairing you just can’t go wrong with!


    Other Fun Cuts of Meat

    • Beef Bavette Steak and Whiskey Peppercorn Sauce
    • Grilled Hanger Steak With Wine Sauce
    • Grilled Picanha Steak with Mushroom Cream Sauce

    This post contains affiliate links, which means that some of the products mentioned we receive a small commission for. This helps us keep the blog going! We only partner with brands we love and have used. You can purchase these products at the following links.

    • Snake River Farms Kurobuta Pork
    • Malory Grill Grates for 22 inch Kettle Grills
    • Thermoworks Thermapen MK4 Instant Read Thermometer
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    Grilled Pork Collar Recipe with Citrus Marinade

    Grilled Pork Collar, or pork neck with an easy citrus marinade.
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    Prep Time: 4 hours
    Cook Time: 45 minutes
    Resting Time: 10 minutes
    Total Time: 4 hours 55 minutes
    Servings: 6 people
    Calories: 739kcal
    Author: Mary Cressler | Vindulge
    Cost: $40

    Ingredients

    • 3 – 4 pound pork collar
    • 1 tablespoon diced rosemary
    • 1 tablespoon kosher salt
    • 1 tablespoon coarse ground black pepper
    • 1 teaspoon dried sage
    • 1 teaspoon granulated garlic

    Citrus Marinade

    • 1 ½ cups orange juice
    • 1 medium shallot
    • 3 limes juiced
    • 4 crushed garlic cloves
    • 1 teaspoon sugar
    • 1 tablespoon rosemary
    • ½ teaspoon coarse pepper
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    Instructions

    • Add all marinade ingredients into a quality blender and pulse until smooth. Pour marinade in a 1 gallon plastic bag. Place pork collar into marinade and close taking care to remove as much as air. Marinade in fridge for minimum of two hours, can go overnight.
    • Preheat grill for two zone or direct/indirect cooking. Combine rosemary, salt, pepper, sage, and garlic in a small bowl. Remove pork collar from marinade and discard the marinade. Pat pork collar dry, and apply dry rub liberally.
    • Place pork collar over direct heat for 6 minutes or until seared, flip the collar and cook additional 6 minutes or until seared. Move to indirect heat and point the fat cap toward the heat to act as a shield.
    • Cover grill and cook for additional 35 minutes or until the internal temperature of the pork at the center of cut is 140 – 143 degrees F. Remove and let rest for 10 – 15 minutes.
    • Slice into steaks and serve with your favorite sides.

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    Notes

    If there is a fat cap, leave the fat cap on and score the fat cap with X’s prior to marinade.
    We use Blendtec Classic Blender for Marinades
    Find the perfect wine pairing at the Vindulge Wine Shop

    Nutrition

    Calories: 739kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 100g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 318mg | Sodium: 1509mg | Potassium: 1951mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 144IU | Vitamin C: 32mg | Calcium: 90mg | Iron: 7mg
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    1. Connie Martin says

      April 05, 2021 at 11:07 am

      5 stars
      It was PERFECT! The pork collar was full of flavor and really tender and juicy.
      I used an indwelling thermometer with an alarm and double checked with my Thermapen so was really able to monitor the temp. I was hesitant to cook the collar this way, since I had only slow roasted similar cuts of pork. It did take a bit longer to cook, though I was cooking it on a friend’s BBQ that I had never used before, so monitoring the internal temp was the key to success.
      Thanks for this terrific recipe! I just ordered your cookbook!

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      • Sean Martin says

        April 05, 2021 at 11:19 am

        I am so glad this turned out for you, and on another persons grill as well!!! And thanks for purchasing our cookbook, look forward to hearing what you cook first!

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    2. Steven B says

      October 12, 2019 at 12:17 pm

      Great recipe and cook.

      Can you please advise what cast iron grates are on the red Weber kettle used in this cook?

      Thanks!

      Reply
      • Sean Martin says

        October 12, 2019 at 4:27 pm

        Steven thank you! These are grates by Malory, there is a link to their site in the post, but I can share here too. They are awesome, very heavy duty.

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