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    Bland bacon

    Thank you all for the input. I'm looking forward to getting more bellies and trying out these techniques. Is there anything I can do to fix the ones I've done?
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    Bland bacon

    I have a Yoder pellet smoker but it only goes down to 150 F. I also have an amazing smoker pellet tube and tray but I don't know how I'd get the temp to 70 F.
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    Bland bacon

    Here is the recipe I followed. I had two 4.5 pound bellies so I tripled the recipe and then divided it in half and poured half over each belly in 2 2 gallon Ziploc bags. I put both in the fridge for 7 days flipping every day. On the seventh day, I removed the bellies, rinsed them off and put...
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    Bland bacon

    I bought two pork bellies and followed a recipe to cure them and smoke them. I did that and sliced one of them tonight. We fried a few pieces and it had no flavor. Is there a way to save the sliced belly or the unsliced belly or hopefully both? Thanks in advance .
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    Help: bought some flavorless bacon

    I bought two pork bellies and followed a recipe to cure them and smoke them. I did that and sliced one of them tonight. We fried a few pieces and it had no flavor. Is there a way to save the sliced belly or the unsliced belly or hopefully both?
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