Beef Belly Bacon

[TNJAKE]

Howdy fellas and non fellas. Finished up my beef bacon today. Turned out great so wanted to post.

Started off with a almost 11lb slab of Certified piedmontese beef belly.

Cured it with....
.25% cure #1
1.5% sea salt
.75% brown sugar

Lightly vac sealed to the cure can move around but most oxygen in gone. Into the fridge for 14 days

After 14 days placed uncovered on racks to form a pellicle for a couple days

After pellicle I cold smoked with hickory 6hrs a day for 2 days. Total smoke 12 hours. Here's a few action shots.........

Then into the fridge for 4 days uncovered to let the flavors equalize and dry a bit more

Fished slicing a little bit ago. 11in bacon about the thickness of wrights bacon

Sliced up some bacon ends and saved a couple stumps for seasoning pieces

Got it all vac sealed. Nice haul of beef bacon. Emily fried up a couple pieces. Forgot a pic but acted exactly like pork bacon. Very delicious! Thanks for stopping by

 

[DRKsmoking]

That is great Jake. Nice batch of beef bacon. That should last awhile...but might not.

Looks great, I must put on my list after the Pastrami

David

 

[DougE]

Looks absolutely delicious, bud. Nice job!

 

[TNJAKE]

That is great Jake. Nice batch of beef bacon. That should last awhile...but might not.

Looks great, I must put on my list after the Pastrami

David

Thanks David. Give the bacon a try for sure. It's better than pork lol

 

[TNJAKE]

Looks absolutely delicious, bud. Nice job!

Thanks Doug I have bad kitchen lighting so the pics don't do it justice. Stuffs amazing though

 

[Nefarious]

Looks delicious, I have a brisket flat that is going into cure as soon as my current Buckboard is done. Awesome.

 

[TNJAKE]

Looks delicious, I have a brisket flat that is going into cure as soon as my current Buckboard is done. Awesome.

Appreciate it ray! Can't wait to see your buckboard

 

[NefariousTrashMan]

That looks amazing I have never tried beef bacon but I can imagine it has an incredible flavor. Thanks for sharing

 

[tbern]

Wow, looks so good!! Nice pictures and thanks for sharing it!

 

[TNJAKE]

That looks amazing I have never tried beef bacon but I can imagine it has an incredible flavor. Thanks for sharing

Thanks bud. Give it a try sometime. You won't be disappointed

 

[TNJAKE]

Wow, looks so good!! Nice pictures and thanks for sharing it!

Thanks bud

 

[SmokinEdge]

Good grief Jake that looks incredible! Very nice work, and the extra drying time uncovered I think is absolutely key to fantastic bacon.

 

[TNJAKE]

Good grief Jake that looks incredible! Very nice work, and the extra drying time uncovered I think is absolutely key to fantastic bacon.

Thanks Eric. Some tasty bacon for sure

 

[pc farmer]

Looks good. Nice job

 

[912smoker]

Wow Jake that looks amazing and thanks for the recipe!!

Keith

 

[chopsaw]

Nice work bud . That looks fantastic .

 

[indaswamp]

AWE-SOME!!! That looks soooo goooood!!

 

[jaxgatorz]

That looks really good..Nice job !

 

[bauchjw]

Amazing! Crushed it to the point I can smell it in Virginia! Awesome work and stellar bacon Jake!

 

[clifish]

Nice! you are killing me, I want to get into the curing game but that means a slicer, then a grinding and stuffing appliance. Just don't have the time to get into it...but really want too....