$2.50, on sale, for a 12 oz can of Bacon Spam... I don't think so!
88 cents a pound.
5 lbs of shoulder and a $3.00 pack of Hatfield bacon... we're up to $7.40.
Ground up, let's say 8 cents of electricity. $7.48
2 1/3 TBSP of Tenderquick
1 TBSP of Kosher Salt
3 TBSP of Sugar
3 TBSP of Corn Starch
1 cup of cold water
All made into a slurry, then mixed into the grind
Add, 20 cents
$7.68
2 disposable 5x9 pans, $1.06, I think there was tax at the Dollar Store.
$8.74
Into the oven, in a water bath at 250 F for 3 hours, let's call that 35 cents.
$9.09
Dispatching the shoulder with a cleaver and ramming it down the throat of my grinder easily made up for the investment.
But so far we're at about $1.52 a pound... still less than half the price of the mass produced stuff, that doesn't make sandwich sized slices.
I think I'll pull 1 loaf an hour early, unwrap it, and finish it in the smoker. It will only be top smoke, but the flavor will be there.
Let's see what happens.
More to come.
88 cents a pound.
5 lbs of shoulder and a $3.00 pack of Hatfield bacon... we're up to $7.40.
Ground up, let's say 8 cents of electricity. $7.48
2 1/3 TBSP of Tenderquick
1 TBSP of Kosher Salt
3 TBSP of Sugar
3 TBSP of Corn Starch
1 cup of cold water
All made into a slurry, then mixed into the grind
Add, 20 cents
$7.68
2 disposable 5x9 pans, $1.06, I think there was tax at the Dollar Store.
$8.74
Into the oven, in a water bath at 250 F for 3 hours, let's call that 35 cents.
$9.09
Dispatching the shoulder with a cleaver and ramming it down the throat of my grinder easily made up for the investment.
But so far we're at about $1.52 a pound... still less than half the price of the mass produced stuff, that doesn't make sandwich sized slices.
I think I'll pull 1 loaf an hour early, unwrap it, and finish it in the smoker. It will only be top smoke, but the flavor will be there.
Let's see what happens.
More to come.
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