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  1. nashville

    Dried Beef and Canadian Bacon, just in time for the holiday's

    Man I really love CB, I would love to make my own. Canadian bacon and pineapple as pizza toppings in the smoker!  
  2. nashville

    New to bacon making

    Here is a more recent study of the bot. "Outbreaks of food-borne botulism occur most every year and usually are linked to home-canned food, particularly low-acid foods such as green beans, asparagus, beets and corn, according to the CDC. The agency points out that other seemingly unlikely...
  3. nashville

    New to bacon making

    I can't always find big enough bags for a good price, I always keep my marinade ziplocks in a dish, because I've had them leak before, but in a dish is no big deal.   I'm thinking about looking for some food grade bags that bakeries use, still food safe plastic.  Just twist tie them, put them in...
  4. nashville

    New to bacon making

    Anyone else vacuum seal cure?   Saw some folks on youtube using that method.  Botulism from pork is very uncommon isn't it?   I could see how if you cold smoked your pork for 10hrs with no cure would be a big no no. I am very cautious of my meat handling, storage and temperatures, it almost...
  5. nashville

    New to bacon making

    Dave, Thank you for the Butcher & Packer Supply Co.tip! Found on Amazon, I will be buying!
  6. nashville

    New to bacon making

    got the typo, Used LEM Cure & Pink Himalayan...to cut back on the Cure as much as possible, I'm not a fan of Nitrate in my food, but for bacon there has to be. I got the IT to 130. Just now sliced up after a 3hr freeze. Took a few slices and immediately fried them when I took them off the...
  7. nashville

    New to bacon making

    New here today, got my 1st bacon on the smoker now, cured for a week.   I bought a 8.5lb pork belly from costco, $2.29 a lb. Cured for a week now on the Traeger Jr Elite I bought from a buddy for $150 bucks, he used it 10x and had to move to Texas. I used some LEM rub, & pink Himalayan salt...
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