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  1. smoken north

    Getting the belly ready for bacon

    So much for cold and hot smoking. Could only manage to get 12hrs of cold smoke, rest for 24hrs,then another 12hrs of cold smoke....damn snow
  2. smoken north

    Getting the belly ready for bacon

    Sausage Maker maple cure is in the smoker drying for a few hours. Going to try something different with this one. Cold smoke for 12 hours, let it rest over night, then hot smoke tomorrow. Has anyone tried this method, and how did it work for you?
  3. smoken north

    BIG Cheese Saturday!

    How long did you smoke each batch for? What flavor smoke?
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    Getting the belly ready for bacon

    About 55lbs of belly from this years pigs. I did a modified Pop's Brine in two of the batches. Added some smoked paprika, garlic powder, black pepper and some chipotle pepper. The last was a smaller batch of maple bacon cure from sausage maker. Sorry I didn't get more pictures, was in a bit of a...
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    Dry brine ham hock?

    It'll be used for soup
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    Dry brine ham hock?

    I have wet cured plenty of belly before. Just looking to try something a little different on this hock. It is fresh with the skin removed. If I were to do a dry brine would it be wise to maybe inject it as well?
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    What's your worst smoking nightmare?

    First time I smoked ABT. The bacon started dripping and crept around the heat plate. Needless to say the ABT turned out to be turds
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    Dry brine ham hock?

    Does anyone have a good dry brine for ham hock? Or could you even do a hock with dry brine? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks fellas
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    45 lbs. of BACON! Plain, Peppered, and Tatonka Dust

    Ok so I've never cold smoked bacon....is there a certain temperature to smoke at? I can keep my cold smoker just above freezing. Any reason this method wouldn't work?
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    smoken in the cold

    Hello from the cold north! Its been below zero for a while now here in Minnesota. This morning it was negative 24 degrees...good day for some smoking right.... :) Just got into smoking a few months ago and can't seem to stop. I really don't know why I didn't get into it earlier. I have a...
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