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Just showing off the end product.
Cured 8 days
9.5 lbs pounds pork belly
kosher salt
pink salt
dark brown sugar
real maple syrup
distilled water
pepper
Then formed pellicle
Smoked 7 1/2 hrs with maple
Nice!! I've only recently gotten into curing/smoking my own and with the help of the good folks here, especially Eric SmokinEdge
, Doug DougE
, and John Fueling Around
, I'm hooked or rather gut hooked as us fishermen say. Got 2 bellies curing right now and will be ready to smoke in a couple of days...