doing my first bacon (final pics added)

ldrus

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here are a few pics of my first ever bacon   going for a 12 day brine in pops brine recipe

will post as i go

 

Last edited: Feb 19, 2012

alblancher

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Good start.  Waiting for the rest of the series

 

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Nice piece of meat..........see ya in about 12 days

 

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SmokinAl said:

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make space Al i got the beer 

 

ldrus

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7 days in to it i bring it in every other day and give a good stir

 

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  I got a belly in pops brine recipe. will be ready to smoke on the 18th.

 

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Thats a nice looking pork belly. Should make some great bacon

 

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LOOKS good so far I'm in for the long haul.

 

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pulled the bacon out from the brine tonight,  that makes 12 days in the brine (pops brine recipe) rinsed off  real good  did a small fry test wife said  dont soak it  the salt flavor was just right

 so i ground up some fresh pepper corns and tuck them away into the fridge until saturday morning. o i also weighed them they started out at 5.71 lb and now weighs 6.7 lb

smoking for 12 hrs sat with hickory pellets in my amnps

 

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Looks great cant wait to see it smoked

 

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Very nice piece of meat...

 

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That's some nice looking belly. Can't wait to see the smoked bacon! 

 

ldrus

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bacon is in the smoker!!!!!!

these are  BBQ utensile holders Menards had for 1.99 thought  it would work great fo meat hangers!!

 

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oops forgot to say ... using AMNPS with a combo of hickory /cherry pellets

 

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looking good Ikrus

 

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Man I wish I could get bellies that look that good. can't wait to see the sliced pieces.

 

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I can't get over how nice those belly slabs look!!! Maybe one day I'll get lucky and score some like that.

 

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here is the final product  thanks for the advice,info , and for looking everyone.

 

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Awesome looking Bacon!!!! Got your next belly lined up yet??