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    Finally picked up a pork belly

    The bacon hooks are from sausagemaker.com. They have several lengths.
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    Finally picked up a pork belly

    Finished! Tasted a slice from each and wife said "that's sure not bacon from Publix." Removed the skin and all is bagged up and chilling. This belly was pretty fat but I'll post slices later.
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    Finally picked up a pork belly

    Just reloaded the AMAZNP with about 2/3 of a load of apple to get a few more hours of smoke. The box has stayed around 90 and the meat is up to about 73.
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    Finally picked up a pork belly

    Seeing as I'm in Florida, keeping the temp don is an issue. I've got ice bottles in the cabinet but I can't keep below 105 or so. I'll see how it goes. The plan is 8 hours or more...I will have to reload Todd's AMAZNP. If it gets much warmer I'll switch to hot smoke and finish it at 150. Smells...
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    Finally picked up a pork belly

    Rinsed the pork belly slabs last night and let them set in the fridge to develop the pellical. The pancetta piece will reside there for a week or so. One of the others got maple syrup and the savory got mired black pepper and some cane syrup. They are now in the MES40 with apple pellets using...
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    Finally picked up a pork belly

    Trimmed the belly last night: 4# to sweet bacon (cure, brown sugar) 3# to savory bacon (cure, black pepper, bay leaf, garlic) 3# to pancetta (cure, corriander, juniper, garlic, thyme, black pepper) All in the fridge getting happy for the next 7-9 days. The trimmings are in the freezer...
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    Finally picked up a pork belly

    Some of us have day jobs! I'm hoping the skin and portion the belly tonight. 
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    Finally picked up a pork belly

    I've got some bottled and some waiting for me to get around to bottling! Thanks for asking. 
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    Finally picked up a pork belly

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    Finally picked up a pork belly

    I coordinated with the local supermarket to get a pork belly. So, yesterday I picked up this 14.3 pound Smithfield belly. $2.99 per pound so I didn't feel robbed! I'll get it cut/trimmed and such later this week and get it curing by the weekend. Have to plan these things out and put the smoke...
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    Hybrid buckboard bacon

    Test fried a couple if slices this evening, an end and a center cut. Smoke was pronounced but not overwhelming and the spouse said the cracked pepper coating was just right. Gotta order some pork belly soon!
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    Hybrid buckboard bacon

    Here's what it looked like at 1:00 AM when I took it out of the MES40 on the way to bed!
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    Hybrid buckboard bacon

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