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This is our favorite bacon. Here is a 6.5# slab of belly that I dry rubbed with my usual 1.5% salt, .75% sugar and .25% cure #1. I finish with eyeball amounts of white pepper and gran garlic. This will go on a stainless grate into the fridge with a catch pan underneath. 14 days naked no bag...
Today was prep for tomorrow's rotisserie ribs and vegetables. I was told to make the bacon, so I did. I used the basic German Bacon recipe from Hank Shaw's website Hunter Angler Gardener Cook (attached) EDIT: ADDED PINK SALT BY WEIGHT to the recipe.
Now, this was a good opportunity to learn...
Here it is, my modest urban smokehouse that uses a MiniMax Green Egg as a fire pit.
I had a heck of a time making it work how I wanted it to, went through 3 redesigns but now it finally works like a charm.
Why green egg? I wanted something portable, reliable/predictable and requiring little...