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    New Smoker For Birthday

    From Amazon reviews. I bought this Gen II as a gift for my brother, thinking that Masterbuilt had solved the only three problems I found with their Gen I model (which is excellent, by the way), those being 1) the vent and electronics module were side-by-side on the top rear of the unit which...
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    Newbie

    I haven't posted on here in a while but I have been learning. I just found out that Santa is building me a MES 30 smoker!!! I'm finding recipes and making plans now. Just wanted to share my excitement!!! I'll be killing some rabbits Monday and vacuum sealing them being ready for the week after...
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    Did I mess up? Watered down bacon brine?

    Thanks Pops.
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    Did I mess up? Watered down bacon brine?

    I'm out of cure #1 and kosher salt. Can I add table salt instead of those?
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    Did I mess up? Watered down bacon brine?

    I'm making another slab of bacon. I had made 2 gallons of pops brine. I tried to use Pops Brine but it wasn't enough water to cover it in my bucket so I added .5 gal water. And nothing else. Is it ok? Do I need to add more pink salt #1? Do I need to add anything? What should I add? Here's my...
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    First Attempt at bacon...not good

    Thanks.
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    First Attempt at bacon...not good

    What sugar are they talking about in that cure calculator? Can we use that much brown sugar?
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    First Attempt at bacon...not good

    We will be using the calculator y'all talked about. Thanks. Next time for 24lbs here's our recipe. We will weigh it all with a jewelry scale.
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    First Attempt at bacon...not good

    I bought a 8.73 lb pork bellie today for $1.99/lb!!! Beautiful! Found my new place to get pork bellies! It's a small butcher where I'm from. Just need 2 more like it and I'll make more.
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    First Attempt at bacon...not good

    I will read all of those. Thanks for the great help.
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    First Attempt at bacon...not good

    After reading on here for a while I figured out we made Canadian bacon. I think? I was reading all over the internet on how to make bacon. No where said it was Canadian bacon!!! Should have just looked here. Also I figured out that if it's too salty after curing, just soak it in water until...
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    First Attempt at bacon...not good

    My FIL and I made bacon for the first time the last few weeks. It turned out dry and super salty. 1 cup kosher salt .5 cup #1 cure 29lbd pork bellies Cured for 9 days. Smoked at 180 degrees until internal temp was 145. Cooled and sliced. Here's pictures: Here's my questions. Do I have...
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