What's included in a Whole Hog?
🐖 What’s Included in a Whole Hog (200 lb Hanging Weight):
Hanging Weight: 200 lbs
- This is the weight after the head, blood, organs, and other inedible parts are removed.
Final Packaged (Take-Home) Meat: ~140–150 lbs
- After deboning, trimming, and processing.
🧊 What's in a Whole Hog?
🍖 Chops & Steaks (~25–35 lbs)
- Pork Chops
- Shoulder Steaks
🥓 Bacon (~15–20 lbs)
🐷 Roasts (~30–40 lbs)
- Shoulder Roasts
- Loin Roasts
- Ham Roasts
🍔 Ground & Sausage (~25–35 lbs)
- Ground pork or sausage
🦴 Other Cuts (Optional)
- Ribs (Spare ribs, baby back)
- Hocks
- Fat (leaf lard for baking, back fat for rendering)
- Organ meats (heart, liver, tongue if desired)
- Bones for broth
❄️ Freezer Space Needed:
About 6–7 cubic feet of freezer space.