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  1. chefbruz

    Cold Smoked Bacon Newbie

    Many thanks for the dry cure tip!
  2. chefbruz

    Cold Smoked Bacon Newbie

    i was really happy with the dry cured bacon. The generator is a venturi type generator. An acquarium pump blows air into a pipe leading out of the generator to the vessel, it picks up smoke from the chips inside the fence post that is blue square tube in the pics. Small pipe leads into large...
  3. chefbruz

    Cold Smoked Bacon Newbie

    being a home made generator it is hard to calibrate exactly how much smoke is produced, but here's a pic with the cover removed:
  4. chefbruz

    Best Meat Slicer for Bacon and/or Brisket

    I was thinking of buying a slicer too, but thinking of Alton Brown's dislike of single use tools I decided to give it a go with a really sharp large Victorinox Chef's Knife. It worked OK, especially since I wrapped the Bacon in Paper after smoking and let it sit in the fridge for a week. The...
  5. chefbruz

    Smoked ribeye roast

    I take it you're using a cold smoker and are not chemically curing the meat? I would cold smoke the roast then finish it in the oven to 155 F internal temperature.... never done this but...
  6. chefbruz

    Cold Smoked Bacon Newbie

    Results: Dry Cured Cold Smoked and Hand Sliced The 12 hour cold smoked was way too much smoke.... start of my bacon with some water in the pan, get it up to a boil, flip it and then toss the water out to sort it out.... I wouldn't do the Hillbilly bacon again, I like the fat of the streaky...
  7. chefbruz

    Old Tilia FoodSaver Questions???

    Guys, I replaced the o ring on the nozzle and places an extra strip of foam over the original foam and ity worked like a treat five times, then it just stopped doing anything? no lights or pumping at all no matter what the lever position is? is there a reset switch or breaker or is it toast?
  8. chefbruz

    Cold Smoked Bacon Newbie

    A week in the bar fridge and then into the smoker for 12 or so hours... Home made Venturi Cold Smoke generator into a Weber (Ignore the Water Pump Project in the background) Smoke generator and aquarium pump Seems to work OK sometimes... 12 hours of smoke of the belly Wrapped and...
  9. chefbruz

    Cold Smoked Bacon Newbie

    Two weeks in the brine and I pulled out the belly and cut some slices for tasting, as well as being incredibly salty, I don't think the cure has penetrated into the thicker sections of the belly. I am referring to the red bits rather than the pink  bits. What's happening with this as it's only...
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    Cold Smoked Bacon Newbie

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  13. chefbruz

    Old Tilia FoodSaver Questions???

    It's ironic that I just joined this forum, and ended up here after 30 minutes of searching ! the situation is: I have a used Tila Professional that was a gift from a friend, it is slow and old and does not completely evacuate the bag, but it pumps ok and seals ok.   i found that there is...
  14. chefbruz

    Cold Smoked Bacon Newbie

    Many thanks gentlemen... I've already started the cure and the belly is less than 2" thick. I'll post pics of the process for y'all in a couple weeks.
  15. chefbruz

    Cold Smoked Bacon Newbie

    THX Tropics... 2 weeks it is... 45 litres... (we're metric here in the land down under....)
  16. chefbruz

    Cold Smoked Bacon Newbie

    Well, since I've had a few views but no reply I'll commence the brine. I used the pineapple cure as directed. It really smells of Pineapple! (considering it's only 1%) I'll cure it for a week, if you think I should extend the time or reduce it, please speak up! There is SO much info on the...
  17. chefbruz

    Newbie Intro

    I'm a middle aged, lifelong bachelor and commercial cook taking  my first step into smoking. I'm building a cold smoke generator and intend to use use a weber kettle as the smokehouse. The current freezing conditions we are experiencing here inspire me to make a foray into cold smoking.
  18. chefbruz

    Cold Smoked Bacon Newbie

    So I'm building a cold smoke generator as a project. I'm using an external smoke generator and a weber kettle as the smokehouse. I live in a Country area of Australia and I was only able to get a cure with difficulty. It's called "Pineapple Cure" contents are: Dextrose (Tapioca or Maize)...
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