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    nlife reacted to tallbm's post in the thread First Hot Smoked Bacon with Like Like.
    Congrats on your 1st bacon smoke!!! That looks good to me. With lower temps you may lose less weight, and definitely will lose less...
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    nlife reacted to paleoman's post in the thread First Hot Smoked Bacon with Like Like.
    I smoked the pork belly today (with Hickory pellets). It was A great day to smoke. When done, I rested on counter for an hour, so that...
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    nlife reacted to paleoman's post in the thread First Hot Smoked Bacon with Like Like.
    OK. Here we go... Able to set the Traeger to 165˚F. Using hickory pellets. Pork was in refrigerator for 17.5 hours. It's a tiny bit...
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    nlife reacted to paleoman's post in the thread First Hot Smoked Bacon with Like Like.
    Good points. For this run, it has been curing for 7 days, plus 4 hours total. It was 2" at the thickest point. There is hardly any fat...
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    nlife reacted to SmokinEdge's post in the thread First Hot Smoked Bacon with Like Like.
    I do a 10 day minimum on all dry rub curing. ( 3” thick or less) but always try to have finished product in 12 to 14 days. This includes...
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    nlife reacted to Astralogics's post in the thread First Hot Smoked Bacon with Like Like.
    Yessir. Exactly why I'll always follow Bear's recommendation of 8 days minimum, or Pop's guidelines for curing length. Besides, what...
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    nlife reacted to DougE's post in the thread First Hot Smoked Bacon with Like Like.
    Cure moves at about 1/4 inch per day, so that gives us 1/2 inch per day, considering the cure is applied on all sides. So, a 2-inch slab...
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    nlife reacted to SmokinEdge's post in the thread First Hot Smoked Bacon with Like Like.
    On fatty cuts like belly and buckboard, it’s best to figure 1/4” per day,,,full stop. Not from both sides. This allows for the fat...
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    nlife reacted to DougE's post in the thread First Hot Smoked Bacon with Like Like.
    No argument here. I always go 12 to 14 days. I admit it was a long wait the first time or two, but no big deal now that I have done it...
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    nlife reacted to paleoman's post in the thread First Hot Smoked Bacon with Like Like.
    Rinsed off the pork today, after just over 7 days curing. Placed in refrigerator at 4pm, and will smoke tomorrow mid-morning.
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    nlife reacted to Barefootdog's post in the thread Buckboard Bacon...... with Like Like.
    I think this may taste as good as it looks. In an effort to get more flavor I switched to a dry rub cure and extended it to a 14 days...
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    nlife reacted to Barefootdog's post in the thread Buckboard Bacon...... with Like Like.
    For this is I used the coppa muscle. The rest of the butt is saved for Italian sausage next week. I sure like the dry rub brine better...
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    nlife replied to the thread Now, this dude, is on too something..
    He's bernardh14 on tiktok. He owns Premium Exotic Catering. Looks like he deep fry's a LOT of things
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    nlife replied to the thread First Hot Smoked Bacon.
    There's two issues here. First, if you try to run it at 110F, you will get a "not up to temperature" error on a Traeger grill, which...
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    nlife reacted to mneeley490's post in the thread First Hot Smoked Bacon with Like Like.
    Are there any Costcos near you? They routinely carry skin-off pork bellies.
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