First Bacon!

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buhi

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Nov 22, 2010
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Atlanta, GA (Chamblee)
Made my first batch of bacon this past week with a simplified version of the Polcyn/Ruhlman (Charcuterie) recipe. Started with a 12 lb belly from the Korean market:

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Cured it with salt, pink salt, brown sugar and black pepper:

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Smoked with apple & a bit of cherry. 

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Off the smoker (kitchen light went out when I took the pic...)

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Don't have any sliced pics - will do that on the second run - too busy getting it sliced and vacuum packed to take pics. Everybody gets bacon for Xmas this year (not expecting any complaints...)
 
I love getting food for Christmas.  At least it is something that won't sit around on the mantle for any length of time.

What Internal temp did you get the bacon to?
 
Smoked it to 150 degrees on my gasser. Didn't have an extra probe for checking the chamber temp (was at my girlfriends house), but kept the flame low - I'm estimating around 200 degrees. Took about 4 hours.
 
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