Time to make some Buckboard Bacon!
Bone in pork butt approximately 9 lbs.
Boned it and weighed it - 8.25 lbs total
Cut it into 2 pieces - 1 weighing 4.50 lbs, the other 3.75 lbs. Measured my dry cure and rubbed them down. Into a resealable plastic bag and into the fridge to do their thing for the next 14 days.
Took them out this morning and did a couple of hours cold water soaking. Set them up in front of a fan to dry a little.
Brushed one side of the largest one with maple syrup, then rolled, tied and brushed with more maple syrup. (I saw a thread that Rick (NEPAS) posted and he had tied one of his up nice and neat and I really like the way the slices turned out - Thank you Rick for the idea!). Yeah I know the tied one isn't the prettiest, but hey it was my first time tying one and I think I did a pretty good job.
Left the smaller one flat and brushed it all over with molasses.
Put the flat on the top shelf and hung the tied one from the rack in the MES 40, preheated to 100* (it was chilly here this morning around 40*), then turned it off with no smoke and left for 1 hour to dry a bit more. After an hour I started the smoke, using Maple, Apple and a bit of Hickory. Once the sun got going the temp is holding steady around 80* in the cabinet. Just going to let it do it's thing for the next few hours.
See you all in a bit!
Bone in pork butt approximately 9 lbs.
Boned it and weighed it - 8.25 lbs total
Cut it into 2 pieces - 1 weighing 4.50 lbs, the other 3.75 lbs. Measured my dry cure and rubbed them down. Into a resealable plastic bag and into the fridge to do their thing for the next 14 days.
Took them out this morning and did a couple of hours cold water soaking. Set them up in front of a fan to dry a little.
Brushed one side of the largest one with maple syrup, then rolled, tied and brushed with more maple syrup. (I saw a thread that Rick (NEPAS) posted and he had tied one of his up nice and neat and I really like the way the slices turned out - Thank you Rick for the idea!). Yeah I know the tied one isn't the prettiest, but hey it was my first time tying one and I think I did a pretty good job.
Left the smaller one flat and brushed it all over with molasses.
Put the flat on the top shelf and hung the tied one from the rack in the MES 40, preheated to 100* (it was chilly here this morning around 40*), then turned it off with no smoke and left for 1 hour to dry a bit more. After an hour I started the smoke, using Maple, Apple and a bit of Hickory. Once the sun got going the temp is holding steady around 80* in the cabinet. Just going to let it do it's thing for the next few hours.
See you all in a bit!
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