70 Lbs of Belly Bacon Extra Smokey - QVIEW

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I scored 2 cases (65-70 lbs)  of green pork belly "rind off" at Restaurant Depot in San Antonio last week for like $2.29 lb, and have had them curing for 7 days with tender quick on a dry cure. Tomorrow is a soak and rinse thing for 3-4hours then season up with pepper, onion powder, and garlic of course. and let chill out over night. I have never attempted this much poundage before., and told my buddies helping that the hardest part is the slicing and vac-sealing. There WILL be plenty of pictures to follow starting Sat. when they go in the smoke. I think all toll I have 18 belly chunks to fit in the old wooden smoke house. Y'all bring the bier & Follow me on this one.

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That's a load! I've done 40 pounds and that was a chore!

 

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dang it HT that is going to be nice,,, so how much garlic (powder/salt/or fresh?)  and onion powder do you use per lb of bacon??? I have two bellies out right no thawing for curing this weekend. 

Your smoker is going to be very full!!!!   

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I'm in   

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lets see the q - view O and cured bacon can be shipped need my address?

 

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Sounds like a great weekend!

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Grabbing the Mini Keg!.. I have 57 started and look forward to seeing if the larger mass makes a difference in smoke time!

 

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Who weee  I'll be down in 2 hours. b

 

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BDSkelly said:

 
Who weee  I'll be down in 2 hours. b

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You need to stop by and pick me up 

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OK - Q - VIEW of todays smoke. After a 7 day cure, the bellys were rinsed and soaked several times for a couple hours then they were patted dry & seasoned and rubbed with a little onion powder, a little granulated garlic, cracked pepper, and on a couple I did with Tones 9 pepper blend on one side, and some Louisiana cajun seasoning on the other side. We also left 3 of the plain jane. Going to rolling some some in a coulpe hours when day breaks and my pellets dry. I have them in the small MES drying right now. I will be using my big wooden smokehouse for this load. My smoke will be corn cob pellets and hickory.I will use 2 Ama-z-n trays & 1 Ama-z-n Tube on the initial heavy smudge. Here are the before pics from last night. 

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More as it happens...thanks for looking, gonna be a busy morning here in New Braunfels.

Here are some more of them in the smoke.

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That is an awesome display of baconage. Hope the wife didn't get too mad when you stole all the shower curtain hooks out of the bathroom.

 

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That is an awesome display of baconage. Hope the wife didn't get too mad when you stole all the shower curtain hooks out of the bathroom.

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She got them for me at a Dollar Store..:)

 

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They are in the cob smoke now

 

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Looking Good,  I thought I saw the one with my name on about in the middle.

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Looking Good,  I thought I saw the one with my name on about in the middle.

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It is on the left, 2nd one over.

 

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Great   Looks good to me

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Looking Real Good, HT !!!

"Bacon Extra Smoky" sounds familiar!!

I gotta come back to see the sliced Bacon Pics---That's my Favorite View!!!

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This is the best use of a garage space that I have ever seen! b

 

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Looking Real Good, HT !!!

"Bacon Extra Smoky" sounds familiar!!

I gotta come back to see the sliced Bacon Pics---That's my Favorite View!!!

Bear

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It ought to be good, it's your method.., sliced pics come tomorrow late afternoon or night. This is crazy.

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This is the best use of a garage space that I have ever seen! b

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Lucky I have 2 garages, the detached one is my smoke/meat facility..and it has A/c for the summer months and hot water I just added for cleanup purposes.