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  1. GrumpyGriller

    Restart after temp dip- Still OK...I hope?

    So here's the deal :) Dry cured some pork belly for about 10 days and put it on the smoker (Timberline 1300) last night. It was going fine until with the belly up to about 105 (in about 3-4 hours) and then for some reason, the fire went out, so by time the alarm woke me up the pit temp went...
  2. N

    Brisket Choice

    My wife went to Costco the other day and bought me this brisket. I don't have the ability to smoke it and all of the fat cap has been cut away so it would more then likely come out dry like the last one. So, I'm wondering what my choices are, could use some advice. My first thought was...
    • Nefarious
    • Thread
    • bacon brisket burnt ends
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Beef
  3. kgb1

    Question on adding Bourbon flavor to smoked bacon

    I use Pop's curing brine for wet curing my pork belly (for 9 days) before smoking. I would like to try to introduce bourbon into the overall process for the added flavor. So I have a few questions: Which is the best approach: Adding bourbon to the brine during curing, or adding after curing...
  4. Majja13

    How to use a CampChef 18: SV to cold smoke

    My thoughts wile I am waiting to get the new pellet rig, I have always wanted to venture into the realm of cold smoke ( cheese, meats and yes BACON) I know there are a million one ways probably to do this. What was I thinking was kind of using a A-Maze-N tube or maze in the wood trey on my SV to...
    • Majja13
    • Thread
    • bacon cold smoke diy smoke vault
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Other
  5. S

    First time bacon maker. Too much cure #1. Did I ruin it?

    First time bacon maker here, and I unfortunately found this forum after I attempted my first cure. I followed a recipe that I apparently misunderstood. I used 2.5% salt by weight. . . but I used 2.5% of cure #1 as my only salt. I just realized this mistake. The bacon has been in the fridge for...
  6. M

    Correct Amount Of Cure #1?

    Hi Everyone, I've been successful in making bacon a number of times previously using dry cures that I calculate using the digging dog farm calculator. However, I wanted to experiment with some liquid in the brine to see if I could impart some additional flavors. From what I've read, when...
    • Mike1190
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    • bacon cure #1 prague powder
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Bacon
  7. K

    Salt and sugar percentage by weight preference

    I am planning to start curing a pork belly to make bacon this weekend. Some members have given me their recommendations on salt and sugar percentage by weight of the pork belly which I appreciate. Please can you let me know your personal preference or experience using certain ratios. I'm...
  8. K

    First time doing an equilibrium cure

    This is my first attempt at curing bacon. I followed this recipe below: Ingredients Pork Belly For the cure (dry rub): 3 oz Prague Powder #1 28 oz Kosher Salt 17 oz Brown Sugar Instructions: Using a scale weigh the ingredients accordingly and mix together kosher salt brown sugar, and Prague...
    • Kyleblun
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    • bacon cure #1
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Curing
  9. thirdeye

    More Stuffed Onions ~ Beef, Jalapeno, Blue Cheese, with a Bacon Jam Whiskey Glaze

    The recent stuffed onion threads, one with a jalapeno & cheese sausage filling, and the other with the Swedish meatball filling prompted me to make a pair. I generally use the small yellow onions because the heat will cook out and they only need one strip of bacon for the wrap. But this time...
    • thirdeye
    • Thread
    • bacon makers mark onions stuffed onions thinrdeye
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Beef
  10. M

    Minimum salt% in pork loin?

    First time attempting homemade bacon! I used a piece of skin on pork loin but followed a recipe for a pork belly. Recipe called for prep of a bulk cure mix - 400g salt. 200g sugar. 60g pink curing salt (6.25% NaNO3). I then weighed my meat and calculated 2.5% of this weight and used this value...
    • malexassey
    • Thread
    • back bacon bacon cure cure #1 cure #2 english pork pork bacon pork loin pork loin bacon
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Food Safety
  11. hunter rose

    Stuffed turkey breast

    Snowmageddon cook... smoked turkey breast stuffed with bacon, havarti and salami. Came out great!
  12. thirdeye

    Streak O' Lean ~aka~ Side Meat ~aka~ Salt Pork

    It goes by several names, and if you come from the South you may have had it (if you're old enough).... or if your kinfolk still cook with the old ways. With me it's definitely a Grandpa thing. Streak O' Lean is cured but un-smoked pork belly, in other words, think fresh side pork that has...
    • thirdeye
    • Thread
    • bacon pork belly salt pork side meat streak o' lean
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Pork
  13. thirdeye

    There Is A Santa Claus ~ And His Sleigh Is Full Of Pork Belly

    In the high lonesome, pork bellies have been scarcer than hens teeth most of the year. The last one I bought was 6 months ago. I belong to a group of friends that often do group purchases... everything from sweet corn to smoking woods, spices and other mail order things to save on shipping...
    • thirdeye
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    • bacon pork belly thirdeye
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Bacon
  14. cluckinchicken6

    Beef bacon

    I had acquired beef navel from the local butcher it is 2.5 to 3 inches thick with a large fat cap I dry cured using Morton’s tender quick and have left it in the cure for 5 weeks is this too long I know I usually do a 14 day for 2” bellies. I’d this meat salvageable or should I chunk it in the trash
  15. thirdeye

    ABT's ~ Canoe Style

    Instead of making ABT's 'upright' or the horizontal 'half peppers', here is an alternate method. It works good if you add a Lil' Smokey or some sausage , but it gives the bacon a seat. Here is the prep, a cut across each end, then side cuts. I don't go super heavy on the rub in the cream...
  16. disco

    Bacon Burnt Ends

    I love Pork Belly Burnt Ends. However, as I was making some bacon, my defective gene kicked in and I wondered how burnt ends would taste made from cured pork belly (bacon). It must be done. The first thing you need is a piece of unsliced bacon. You can just go to supermarket and buy a piece of...
    • disco
    • Thread
    • bacon bacon burnt ends burnt ends
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Pork
  17. thirdeye

    Cowboy Bacon ~ 12 and 12

    In my neck of the woods pork bellies are very hard to find so I picked up a Prime brisket from Sam's Club and cured the flat. My ratios were 1.7% salt, 1% sugar and 0.25% Cure #1. The only seasoning was black pepper. This was cured and turned daily for 12 days, rested 18 hours and cold smoked...
    • thirdeye
    • Thread
    • bacon beef bacon cowboy bacon thirdeye
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Bacon
  18. PrairieMomDieselDad

    New kid on the block

    New to smoking. Trying pork bellies for bacon and also ham. Wet cured now trying the cold smoker out. If the meats cured do I need to make sure the temp is below a certain temp? I can ask somewhere else also.
  19. disco

    Traeger Scallops and Bacon

    I have been making scallops wrapped in bacon for decades. I always make them the same way. I wrap bacon around a scallop, put a toothpick through to secure the bacon and grill them on my Weber Genesis on high. They looked and tasted great. However, the toothpicks would char, and you had to...
  20. S

    Bad batch - What to do?

    Hi All, first post here. I just fried up a slice from the first belly that hit 145f. It did not get crispy(very chewy despite thinness) and burned at the lowest setting my fry pan would go. Just this morning I fried up some store bought(leftovers from a camping trip, I didn't buy it), and it...
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