BBB first time!!!!

poindexter

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• Mar 20, 2010

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So this is my first time trying to make bacon I pulled out some Pork shoulders and cut them in half then put them in cure and cured them for 10 days today I pulled them out and smoked them with apple they are amazing I love this stuff! here are two pics I took hope they turn out good!

 

desertlites

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• Mar 20, 2010

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your bacon looks great-BBB is the best place to start in Bacon making-soon you will never buy bacon again.

 

rbranstner

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• Mar 20, 2010

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Yep its hard to go back to regular bacon once you have made your own. The only time I buy bacon now is to wrap around my meats to smoke. Job well done!

 

chefrob

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• Mar 20, 2010

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looks good.....nice job!

 

rdknb

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• Mar 20, 2010

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that looks good, I need to add making bacon to my ever growing list lol

 

smokey bones

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• Mar 20, 2010

• #6

ditto

 

Bearcarver

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• Mar 21, 2010

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Uh Oh, Looks like we trapped another one into our "Bacon Makin' Gang".

Good job poindexter!

Bearcarver

PS: Now that you know your camera works, next time how 'bout a pic of the sliced product, before wrapping. Having to look through the bags only causes me to drool out one side of my mouth. That aint right!

 

culturedhick

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• Mar 21, 2010

• #8

Looks GREAT!! Making bacon is something I have never done, but I need to.

 

nozzleman

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• Mar 21, 2010

• #9

NIce job, what did you use to cure it, a kit or tender quick or????

 

poindexter

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• Mar 23, 2010

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Well I kind of winged it I have a pound of tinder quick and 5 pounds of sugar cure and since I haven't found any recipes for the sugar cure i went with the tinder quick.

So I used one tablespoon of tinderquick per pound of meat.
I also added garlic powder, onion powder and black pepper and some white sugar I might have put other stuff in it but I dont remember then I put it in ziplocks and in the fridge flipping it every morning for ten days then smoked it to a internal temp of 145 with apple chips. I didnt really follow and directions just knew I needed to do 1 tablespoon of tinderquick per pound of meat and that was about it. It turned out great I didnt even have to soak the meat cause it wasnt too salty.

 

pecanwood

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• Mar 23, 2010

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Very nice, this is the first time I have seen this type of bacon. I am new to the site, but I will have to try and me some very soon.