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    45 lbs is 5 Bellies

    Yes.  14 hours at 95F - 105F.  I think bacon should be smoked at the body temp of a pig, 101F.  
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    45 lbs is 5 Bellies

    Here are a couple slices, fried up: The flavor is complex and very tasty.  It is slightly peppery and with a hint of garlic.  It is not overly salty, at all.   It is familiar, but not recognizable, unless you know it is Montreal Steak Seasoning. I assumed that MSS is 50% salt.  So I used 2x...
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    45 lbs is 5 Bellies

    Here are some pics from the cut and vac-bag process ...
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    45 lbs is 5 Bellies

    They are looking good this morning at 5am.  The laser thermometer shows 32F as the surface temp of the slabs.  They are firm and ready to cut and package, later after a few cups of coffee. No critters got to them, I blocked the door narrowly open with a 50 pound sack of dry mortar, and put...
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    45 lbs is 5 Bellies

     I did four smokes with wet hickory chips.  The smoker temp stayed between 95F and 105F. Here are the slabs after 14 hours:   ... I propped open the smoker door and will let them cool tonight while hanging.  The weather-guessers are saying it should get down to 27F tonight,  I doubt if the...
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    45 lbs is 5 Bellies

    Here are the 5 slabs hanging.  They will hang in the smoker overnight to form the pellicle.
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    45 lbs is 5 Bellies

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    45 lbs is 5 Bellies

    For the last 12 days, my fridge smells like Montreal Steak Seasoning (MSS).  The 5 bellies have been curing in white kitchen trash bags.  I used only pink salt and MSS for the cure.  There is no sugar on this bacon. I turned over each slab every day, and altered the order of the stacking...
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    price of belly

    The 45 pounds will be Christmas presents this year.  The five slabs are resting in the fridge, with pink salt and Monterey Steak Seasoning. The slabs came with the skin off.
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