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    Preparing to do my first bacon

    Well i just picked up my pork belly. I got a 3 lb piece. Looks nice! How do you tell if the skin is on? Im assuming its just fat on the one side. Also the price was nowhere near what ive seen most people on here have said lol. It was over 4$ a pound but its ok. Im just gona cut it in half and do...
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    Preparing to do my first bacon

    I just found a post by Mr. T that explains how he uses TQ. I will be using this method
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    Preparing to do my first bacon

    Thanks for all the great advice. I do not have a scale but could get one if needed. I ended up grabbing the tender quick just because it was available locally. I make sure to do extra research on it to get the best end product. You mentioned you season uours after the cure, i wondered if that...
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    Preparing to do my first bacon

    Well i just got home from work and sat down to read over bearcarvers index but unfortunately its unreadable. Its just posted in a straight line. Kinda weird
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    Preparing to do my first bacon

    Oh thats so much easier lol thanks!
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    Preparing to do my first bacon

    Im looking for that recipe of bearcarvers now. Thanks
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    Preparing to do my first bacon

    Both are a basic bacon recipe? Again the wifes wanting just a plain regular bacon flavor smoked of course tho.
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    Preparing to do my first bacon

    As far as the bourbon recipe i read one guy actually marinated the belly in his favorite drink for a few days and then cured it. Im thinking of doing this and also using bourbon when i cure it. Along with pure maple and maybe some brown sugar. Im looking for a nice sweet bacon flavor.
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    Preparing to do my first bacon

    Does one last longer on the shelf then the other? Which one would be best i guess is what im getting at. Also anyone have a basic plain bacon brine recipe or dry cure recipe?
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    What's your occupation?

    Looks like im a few months late! Lol im an occupational health and safety coordinator for a company that makes recyclable plastic seafood boxes. Working on getting the company certified in pharmaceutical boxes
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    Preparing to do my first bacon

    Ive been reading alot on here about making your own bacon. So im about to give it a try this weekend. I was able to find some morton tender quick at a local store. I will be going friday to the local meat market to pick up some pork bellys. The plan is to do a maple bourbon and the wife wants...
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    quick smoke foods?

    I do "quick smokes" all the time. Burgers, steaks, even pizzas. Smoke at 225 till done usual about an hour.
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    Curing question

    Thanks for the link! Do you know if i could use the jerky cure or not?
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    Curing question

    I have been reading alot on here and everyone talks about the cure#1 ive looked around at my local stores and havnt seen any curing salt or anything. Ive found the canning salt and jerky cure. Will either of those work for making salmon or bacon? Or is there somewhere online everyone gets the...
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    My diy cold smoker idea

    Mailbox mod done and smoking cheese at this moment. Its been in for 3 hours already. The temp inside the smoker has been 75 degrees the whole time. So heres what i did. Since i have the 30" analog mes it comes with a half inch hole in the bottom for drippings and a half inch hole in the top...
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    My diy cold smoker idea

    So im about to work on the mailbox mod. Since i have the analog mes with a 1/2 inch hole in the bottom and a 1/2 inch hole in the back top right. Could i cut the bottom center hole for the 3" intake pipe? Every photo ive seen has them into the side. And i was thinking of just cutting the top...
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    My diy cold smoker idea

    When doin the mailbox mod how does the smoke travel through the pipe? Do you need some type of fan to move it?
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    My diy cold smoker idea

    I will have to do some reading on which controller will be best for me. Thank you
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    My diy cold smoker idea

    So any of those controlers will say turn the fridge on and off to control the temp inside the fridge at a said temp? Also on the dew point i never realy thought about that part of it. It would be just as if it was raining inside the fridge am i on the same page? Thank you
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    My diy cold smoker idea

    I did toss around the idea of making it indoor also. I will do a search an see if i can find the thread
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