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  1. trizzuth

    Will the pellicle still form if I add maple syrup to my cured bacon?

    Just cured some pork bellies for a week.  Test fried, way too salty, soaking for an hour and a half, then will test fry again.  Once I get the salt right, I will get them into the fridge for 2 days to form the pellicle.  In the past I have only used some dry rubs when I put it in the fridge to...
  2. trizzuth

    Local home made maple syrup bacon! cure question

    So I bought 11 lbs of pork bellies the other day and got my cure ready. This time I used Morton's smoke flavored sugar cure, and wanted to mix in some of my home made maple syrup from the two sugar maples in my back yard, what could be better than that, right? So here's my dilemma... Cure...
  3. trizzuth

    Virgin Bacon Smoker - Q-View!

    Been working on a Virgina Country Ham, which saw about 7 hours of smoke with an AMNS in my oil tank smoker yesterday, and is out there again today soaking it up! While i was at it, I made an attempt to do some bacon.  After the curing phase (7 days using Morton's Sugar Cure), I had to soak the...
  4. trizzuth

    To soak or not to soak.

    So I just spent 7 days curing some pork bellies to make some bacon that I wanted to cold smoke along with my Virginia Country Ham this Sunday.  Bacon test fry was extremely salty, so I soaked it for an hour, still too salty, so I gave it one more hour in cold water and then it was just about...
  5. trizzuth

    My first dry cured ham, wasn't sure if it was spoiling (Update, it came out PERFECT!! with QView!)

    So I bought a half hog from a local farm last fall, the chops and bacon off that thing have been amazing so far!  Really nice marbled pork like you just don't see in a supermarket. So I had this gigantic ham and decided to give dry curing a try as I LOVE the taste of Virginia Country Ham for...
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    Newb making custom smoker out of 275 gallon tank

    What's up meat smokers!  This is such a gem of a website, I can't believe I never came across it before, but then again, I still have to pop my meat smoking cherry as I have never done it in a legitimate smoker yet.  Here's how I got into this: Converted oil heat to gas about 2 years ago...
  7. trizzuth

    Newb making custom smoker out of 275 gallon tank - Updated with heavy Q-VIEW!

    What's up meat smokers!  This is such a gem of a website, I can't believe I never came across it before.  Here's how I got into this: Converted oil heat to gas about 2 years ago, removed 275 gallon tank and put it in my back yard, wife tried to sell it with no luck, so my mind started churning...
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