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  1. B

    First ever bacon explosion/ "fatty"

    Took over 2 hours because I didn't put in enough charcoal. Had to finish over propane. ... worth every freaking minute. No BBQ sauce, just a basic rub, charcoal, and mesquite. 10/10, doing it again!
  2. Asi

    First time Dry Curing Bacon nitrite free - Got some questions!

    Hey everyone, lurking around here for the last few days since I started making jerky and bacon lately. Getting your hands on expensive bacon in Israel is extremely hard and very expensive, so I'm making my first bacon. it's dry curing in coarse salt, brown sugar, black pepper, maple syrup...
  3. S

    Featured Diy upright smoker

    Hi guys i am sharing my upright smoker made of steel drum. I am excited to try smoking bacon in here. Any thoughts?
  4. edward36

    Pork belly burnt ends - aka the pig candies

    Hi there, guys! This is my take on the absolutely mouthwatering recipe by Jess Pryles, the one and only! What you will need: - 3-4 lb pork belly, skin off, cut into 3-4cm (1 ½") cubes. - Your favourite BBQ rub - I used a rub with a bit of cherry sweetness in it, e.g. Three Little Pigs Touch...
  5. Misplaced Nebraskan

    Stuffed CI Chicken, Strawberry and Candied Pecan Salad, Cookies and Ice cream.

    Goat Cheese and Bacon Stuffed Chicken with Mediterranean Potatoes and Green Beans Candied Pecan and Strawberry Spinach Salad Pecan and Chopped Chocolate Cake Cookies with Blue Bell First, the Chicken: This has become a recurring favorite here. This time I decided to try and...
  6. B

    Orange/Honey Bacon? Can anybody help?

    So, i've been making my own pepper bacon for a while and have experimented with maple and honey too. I'm looking to try something new... We had a Lucky's Market here that did an orange/honey bacon that was amazing. They recently closed and I was looking for a recipe to try to recreate it. Has...
  7. Misplaced Nebraskan

    Bacon & Goat Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts (CI on the Kettle)

    After seeing all the amazing CI cooks that @tx smoker , @SmokinVOLfan , and others have been posting, not to mention the countless prods by Robert... haha, I had to get out the old CI Skillet. It has somehow fallen by the wayside and I'm glad y'all have been bringing it back recently and got me...
  8. disco

    Bacon Cheddar Scones

    I normally don't do posts of non meat recipes but this one helps me solve a problem related to my bacon production. When I smoke bacon, the trimmings and end slices are very strongly smoked. I use some of them in soups, stews and chilis but sometimes I get ahead and have a lot of trimming. I...
  9. mneeley490

    Sale on Pork Bellies at Smart FoodService, aka Cash & Carry

    Sale starting today thru 1/26, $1.99 lb. -10 lb. avg. They've been much more than that at Costco lately. I'm headed there now... https://www.smartfoodservice.com/content/hotsheet/22/2389/
  10. xray

    Kapusniak (Polish sauerkraut soup)

    Here's another winter warmer. Kapusniak is made a lot of ways. Here's how I made this batch. This recipe makes a lot. Slightly tangy, slightly savory. Warms the belly on an icy day like today. I cook the ingredients one at a time so that everything has a chance to lightly saute. If you overload...
  11. xray

    Smoked Cheesy Grits and Shrimp + Grit Cakes for Breakfast (Bachelor Week)

    In a continuation of Bachelor Week, a bigger meal I had planned is Shrimp & Grits. I had a lot of cheesy grits leftover, I ended up frying grit cakes with them for the next day's breakfast. This a pic heavy post, so less yadda-yadda and more lookin' Smoked Cheesy Grits and Shrimp: 1lb...
  12. dirtsailor2003

    Bacon Season has arrived

    A few weeks ago our Costco had bellies on sale so I picked up two nice ones to make into bacon. I like to dry cure and cold smoke my bacon. I had planned on smoking on the 24th of October, but life got in the way so Smoke day will be Nov 2nd. I will be cold smoking and plan on smoking 18 hours...
  13. GreytQ

    Canning red beans with ham hock, sausage and bacon

    Ball has an outstanding recipe for Louisiana Red Beans canned with ham hocks, smoked sausage and bacon. I've made this twice over the last couple of years and it is truly amazing. I made it with store bought bacon and ham hocks but used my homemade smoked Andouille sausage. The most recent...
  14. hoity toit

    Belly Bacon again

    Scored 3 really large pork bellies at restaurant Depot last weekend. Got them rubbed down with tender-quick for at least the next 14-20 day...more and pictures to follow.
  15. H

    Sichuan cold smoked pork & sausages: traditionally smoked with green cypress — why?

    (Also posted on Reddit at r/smoking) I love the flavour of Sichuan smoked sausage, and smoked belly. I am not in China. I have made some, using a modified version of what they seem to do. Here is a reference Youtube video showing a traditional process (which is also quite meditative if you...
  16. John_D

    Bacon flavor Experiment

    Well the test of all kinds of flavors continues. Test batches today , using pork loin Rib cut ( canadian bacon ) 5 hours cold smoke using Applewood , now it's into the fridge to setup before slicing tomorrow, it was 1KG Dill pickle , 1Kg Coffee , 1.5KG Maple Syrup and Crushed Black Peppercorn.
  17. gmc2003

    Meat Lovers Pizza Fattie...

    Well, the wife was gone for the day and we're scheduled to go to a party at her sisters house on Sunday. Since the wife offered to bring something to eat and my pork shots are banned(because the last time or two I brought them everyone filled up on the shots and nobody ate the main course). I...
  18. Preacher Man

    Smoked Everything Club Sandwich

    It's hard to know where to put this post, but I settled on here because the initial inspiration to make this sammich was needing to use some of my Meal Prep Turkey that's been in the freezer. It just so happened that I also had some smoked pastrami in the freezer and some pulled pork in the...
  19. John_D

    Cold smoking in older bradley smoker

    Hey everyone, in need of some info for cold smoking on an older Bradley smoker. I have made my first attempt at some bacon thats due to finish curing this Tuesday and was going to put in my old style bradley. The question is, do I need to turn the main box on to heat it to 180 degrees or can...
  20. M

    Yellow discoloration on bacon

    Just pulled out a 5lb belly from a 2 week cure. Used this calculator http://www.diggingdogfarm.com/page2.html to do the percentages. I tested a few pieces and it's cured through - however, there's a bunch of translucent yellow spot areas on the flesh. Kind of like the color of gelled chicken...
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