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  1. bryan cohen

    Pork belly costs?

    That seems high, no matter what type of hog it was. In my area, even the heritage breeds that were raised as kindly as possible tend to go for about $5 a lb at the high end. $8, that's just ridiculous. No part of any standard pig should cost $8 per lb raw.
  2. bryan cohen

    Pork belly costs?

    $6.99 seems way high unless it is a heritage breed of pork or if it has some other defining characteristic, like it is free-foraging. Otherwise I think that is a rip off.
  3. bryan cohen

    Pork belly costs?

    Indeed there are different grades of belly. We get ours from a combination of sources but they are usually major pork producers. There are two major grades, standard and premium. Standard is thinner and usually not shaped perfectly -- these bellies work great for pancetta since they can be...
  4. bryan cohen

    wet vs dry

    I've made a couple of thousand pounds of bacon over the past year, and dry cure is the only way to go. Wet cure/injection, there is a lot of water that will stay in the bacon. So it will pop more when you cook it and it will also shrink a lot more. Dry cure tends to hold the flavors of the...
  5. bryan cohen

    Pork belly costs?

    I'm currently paying $2.75-$2.95 per lb, purchased in case quantity (60 lbs) in the Philadelphia Area. This is for Premium level (thick, rectangular) and rind-off.  
  6. bryan cohen

    Need a date stamp for my package labels

    do you think a rubber-stamp style would smear if wet?  
  7. bryan cohen

    Need a date stamp for my package labels

    Hello Everyone: Always good advice on this forum, so I thought I would turn to you folks once again for some guidance. A couple of months ago I started a small custom bacon company with some friends. we've been doing about 150 lbs a week, which is pretty decent. We're committed to building...
  8. bryan cohen

    Philly smoker

    Howdy fellow smokers: I've been lurking on the forums here for quite some time, I guess now is a good time to do a formal introduction. I am located just outside of Philadelphia in lansdale, PA, in Montgomery County -- home of some amazingly good BBQ and smoking if you know where to look...
  9. Need advice: how to clean, what's this worth?

    Need advice: how to clean, what's this worth?

  10. bryan cohen

    Need advice: how to clean, what's this worth?

    Hello Fellas: I've been presented with a possible opportunity to purchase a used cast smoker from a local friend who's catering company went out of business a couple of years ago. From what I understand about the smoker, it was custom built by a local welder, so I am not sure if he used food...
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