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    Trying out the "True Dry" vs vac sealed dry bacon

    I miss my Louisiana tomatoes. From Monroe
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    Here You Go Eric, My Dry Cured Bacon

    Yeahhhh buddy!!! Home cured/Home Smoked IS THE BEST!!! Never going back to store bought stuff again ever
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    Want to make sure I have this right...

    I started using this as my guide for my 1st bacon attempt. The sugar level is high but we prefer “sweet bacon “. I now skip the pepper & bay leaf and add 1/2 cup of maple syrup. Edit: I also do a full vacuum on the bag to make it easier to flip/massage. Curious to know if pulling the vacuum...
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    Jeff's Amazingly Tender Brisket Raging Success!!!

    Very Nice!!!
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    How much weight it lost from curing and smoking

    Disregard- duplicate Stick burner- avg temp was 212 f. Pulled 1st 1/2 belly at 2-hrs 15 mins and 2nd 1/2 at 2 hrs 40 minutes
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    How much weight it lost from curing and smoking

    Stick burner- avg temp was 212 f. Pulled 1st 1/2 belly at 2-hrs 15 mins and 2nd 1/2 at 2 hrs 40 mins. Both were pulled at 151 IMT at Thickest point
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    How much weight it lost from curing and smoking

    16-19% total loss this experiment . So for 2 #’s of net bacon (using my method and Costco Swift belly) I would just add 20% to be conservative. Need 10#’s of sliced bacon? I’ll buy a 12# belly. Thanks for the question/post as I have not considered this before
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    How much weight it lost from curing and smoking

    Mine pulled around 8% out after dry curing only. I use a vacuum sealer to make flipping easier and possibly pull the cure into the meat faster. There’s always plenty of juices that come from the meat while I’m curing. This one went 11 days but I usually just go 5-7 days
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    How much weight it lost from curing and smoking

    After smoking:
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    How much weight it lost from curing and smoking

    Here’s today’s Loss after dry curing since 11/27/23. Got it on the smoker now & will weigh again after smoking.
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    Best Memphis BBQ on or near Beale St.?

    Yup! Went to the Memphis in May BBQ in ‘91 IIRC and saw Stevie Ray Vaughn with some home boys 😁👍👍. Working in Tupelo at the time. Great Times and People!
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    Latest Grand Champ test results, LOTS of pics.

    Awesome experiment!! I’d say you got it NAILED!!
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    Where are you getting belly's?

    If that’s the one in Sebring- might just have to pop in! 😋😁👍👍
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    Where are you getting belly's?

    I get mine at Altamonte Springs costco. Be kool to bump into ya looking at briskets or bellies! Lol
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    Where are you getting belly's?

    Smoked the other half yesterday and probably slice this evening or in morning. What you see sliced is 1/4 of a belly.
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