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  1. Markl

    Just need more smoke sessions?

    Wanting to improve my bacon and my process, after asking a few more questions, I changed it up a bit. Rigged my MES to hang my bacon slabs vertically and cold smoked for 5 hours, then into the fridge on the racks naked for 24 hours and repeated 2 more times with a final rest in the fridge forr...
  2. Markl

    Power Vented!

    My previous design with the fan mounted on top of the flu got gunked up after several smoking sessions so I finally found the time to come up with a different design. I'll preface with that I'm no engineer, just something I thought that might work better. After hours of design work for the...
  3. Markl

    Just need more smoke sessions?

    Will have to get a tray and try dust next time. I do have a variable speed forced draft unit i made that works well. Using it now to keep smoke moving thru MES.
  4. Markl

    Just need more smoke sessions?

    Trying to improve my process. Last time was 1, 5 hour smoke that I'm guessing was too thick and slow moving. Left a nice golden color, but a slight bitter taste as well. Was still good, but room for improvement. Pic from last time
  5. Markl

    Just need more smoke sessions?

    Finished 14 day cure, 2 days rest nakedness in the fridge. Threw on the smoker today, 42 degrees ambient temp, 52 in the MES and 62 in the mailbox (hickory pellets/Amazin tube). Pulled after 5 hours, i don't see really any color, but mild to light smoke aroma. Plan on another 5-6 hour...
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  6. Markl

    Dry cure FoodSaver vacuum level

    Thanks! Like a few others, been awhile and 2nd guessing how I did it last time. Got 20 lbs curing! Can't wait! Planning on 14 days. Last batch turned out great.
  7. Markl

    Dry cure FoodSaver vacuum level

    Haven't done bacon in awhile and want to get it done while it's still cool out. Weighed up, mixed up, cured up and placed my slabs in there own vacuum sealed bags and now 3 days in. But a question I have is bugging me. I have a Foodsaver unit and options when vacuum and sealing is DRY or...
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  8. Markl

    Power Vented!

    I saw that design and yes, that would be better. Have an idea to 3d print using a 80mm fan with a 360 degree flow input. Will post it when I get it done
  9. Markl

    Power Vented!

    Well I finished the 2nd smoke this morning and looks and smells pretty good. Using the fan on this experiment did shorten time on the smoke tube, but did not cause the pellets to ignite. I do have to reduce to a smaller 80mm fan if I do this again. The 120 even at its slowest setting moved to...
  10. Markl

    Bacon Likely Bad... Confirm and Help Me Learn

    Happy to have found this post. My 3rd time cold smoking bacon and first time seeing a couple of black spots. Good to know a minor issue, easily resolved.
  11. Markl

    Bag after smoking or wait?

    First time double smoking and don't know why I was thinking to bag after the first smoke. They look fine this morning. Was going to smoke again on Saturday might wait until Sunday now.
  12. Markl

    Bag after smoking or wait?

    So after smoking the bacon this morning, I threw them in 1 gallon bags and put back in the fridge and will smoke again in a couple days. I noticed some condensation (light) in the bags. Good? Bad? Should I open air them first to prevent this? Just finished removing from bags and wrapped...
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  13. Markl

    Power Vented!

    So far so good. 1.5hrs in ambient temp 54deg, internal 60 deg
  14. Markl

    Power Vented!

    I was thinking the same thing this morning after I fired it up. I might have to also switch to a smaller fan. I'm running on the lowest setting with the vent closed some. Worried about moving the smoke thru to fast.
  15. Markl

    Power Vented!

    Cold.. I prefer to cold smoke. My used MES rig works great for it.
  16. Markl

    Power Vented!

    Will be interesting to see how bad it gets. Considered it, but figure try and clean it or replace it
  17. Markl

    Power Vented!

    I have 20lbs of bacon to cold smoke tomorrow and with the Temps finally warming up, I'm concerned with how much draft I'll have. So I got a variable speed fan so I can control the draft. Wanted a smaller fan, but complete the project I settled on a 120mm. Drew up and 3D printed a mount for...
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  18. Markl

    Bacon 2nd attempt with new rig better than first

    Thanks, everyone likes it, including some friends and family
  19. Markl

    Bacon 2nd attempt with new rig better than first

    First attempt was using a smoke tube in my Pit Boss pellet smoker. Wasn't bad, but a little strong/harsh until I bagged it for a few days to mellow. This time I used my new cold smoke rig, picking up a used MES 30 digital and added the mailbox mod. Used the A-maze-n smoke tube with Hickory...
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  20. Markl

    Release the smoke

    Yeah, I took the pic pretty much after I lit it. It cleaned up alot about 10 minutes later. So will want to make sure its burning well before adding pork belly
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